Glass Factory Images

[pyshodoodle]

It's a lens for a lighthouse. I read "A Salty Piece of Land" by Jimmy Buffett
Tully goes in search of a fesnel lens for a lighthouse.

 

[GuntherHess]

They were also used for other things like train headlights and signal lights.

 

[KentOhio]

Shameless plug coming up!

I wrote "Portage County Glass: The 19th Century Glass Industry in Mantua, Kent, New Portage, and Ravenna, Ohio."
There's a posting for it on page 2 of the "suggest a website or resource" category on this forum. I have some pictures and a description of it there.

 

[blobbottlebob]

Thanks.