WLA photog and Cape 'D' reflected in the first-order Fresnel Lens at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Cape Disappointment State Park. Nov.2003

The Westport Maritime Museum. May 2005

Westport Maritime Museum. http://westportwa.com/museum/index.html
Check out the gift shop and many fine exhibits including the opulent Fresnel Lens from Destruction Island Lighthouse. (May 06)

Overlooking Westport Marina and the Maritime Museum Lens Building. Designed specifically to house the giant Fresnel Lens from Destruction Island.

This beautiful Fresnel Lens was removed from Destruction Island in 1995. Best summarized in text courtesy of "Lighthousefriends.com..."The Fresnel lens is now on display at the Westport Maritime Museum, where it is considered the finest first-order lens display in the world. The claim just might be true. A 70-foot Lens Building, constructed in 1998, houses the lens, and a ramp partly encircles the lens permitting views at various levels. A skylight above the lens lets natural sunlight dance on the prisms, while the lens slowly rotates, casting its twenty-four spotlights around the room. A backup lens that was formerly mounted atop the Destruction Island Lighthouse is also on display." (Photo-Aug06)

This beautiful Fresnel Lens was removed from Destruction Island in 1995. Best summarized in text courtesy of "Lighthousefriends.com..."The Fresnel lens is now on display at the Westport Maritime Museum, where it is considered the finest first-order lens display in the world. The claim just might be true. A 70-foot Lens Building, constructed in 1998, houses the lens, and a ramp partly encircles the lens permitting views at various levels. A skylight above the lens lets natural sunlight dance on the prisms, while the lens slowly rotates, casting its twenty-four spotlights around the room. A backup lens that was formerly mounted atop the Destruction Island Lighthouse is also on display."(Photo-March06)

This beautiful Fresnel Lens was removed from Destruction Island in 1995. Best summarized in text courtesy of "Lighthousefriends.com..."The Fresnel lens is now on display at the Westport Maritime Museum, where it is considered the finest first-order lens display in the world. The claim just might be true. A 70-foot Lens Building, constructed in 1998, houses the lens, and a ramp partly encircles the lens permitting views at various levels. A skylight above the lens lets natural sunlight dance on the prisms, while the lens slowly rotates, casting its twenty-four spotlights around the room. A backup lens that was formerly mounted atop the Destruction Island Lighthouse is also on display." (Photo-June04)

This beautiful Fresnel Lens was removed from Destruction Island in 1995. Best summarized in text courtesy of "Lighthousefriends.com..."The Fresnel lens is now on display at the Westport Maritime Museum, where it is considered the finest first-order lens display in the world. The claim just might be true. A 70-foot Lens Building, constructed in 1998, houses the lens, and a ramp partly encircles the lens permitting views at various levels. A skylight above the lens lets natural sunlight dance on the prisms, while the lens slowly rotates, casting its twenty-four spotlights around the room. A backup lens that was formerly mounted atop the Destruction Island Lighthouse is also on display." (Photo-June04)

This beautiful Fresnel Lens was removed from Destruction Island in 1995. Best summarized in text courtesy of "Lighthousefriends.com..."The Fresnel lens is now on display at the Westport Maritime Museum, where it is considered the finest first-order lens display in the world. The claim just might be true. A 70-foot Lens Building, constructed in 1998, houses the lens, and a ramp partly encircles the lens permitting views at various levels. A skylight above the lens lets natural sunlight dance on the prisms, while the lens slowly rotates, casting its twenty-four spotlights around the room. A backup lens that was formerly mounted atop the Destruction Island Lighthouse is also on display." (Photo-June04)