Pigeon Point Lighthouse Fog Horn

This lighthouse was built in the late 1800s and is showing the brunt of time. This ragged building contains the old steam operated fog horn, which apparently served to direct ships right into the rocky shores where they crashed, burned, and sunk in those glamorous sort of wrecks the history books are full of.

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Photo Taken: Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Pescadero, CA
Keywords:  California   Lighthouse  
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