On November 20, 2014 the Fresnel lens was removed from the historic St Marks Refuge lighthouse for the first time in 147 years for cleaning and preservation.
The lens was extracted from the lighthouse by the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse Preservation Association and staff and volunteers from the Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge.
Thanks to “Ring Power” for providing the “man lift”, personnel, and all their support on this project!
I recorded this event with a Canon DSLR and a GoPro Hero4 camera and created two YouTube videos: Part 1 and Part 2
Most of the images in this post are frames taken from the GoPro video.
Here is what the lantern room and lens looked like at night before the extraction:
Here are the images of the removal in chronological order:
