Reflections Meditation Art II

by Robyn King

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Reflections Meditation Art II

Artist

Robyn King

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Photograph - Photography

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This was my first visit to Barnegat Bay. It is a beautiful scenic spot rich with varied shorebirds. We spotted several types including a white egret, during our short visit.
The area now known as Barnegat Light sits upon the highest land on Long Beach Island. When the inlet was named by Captain Cornelius May in 1614, the area was graced with cedar and oak trees. The inlet was not popular during the sixteen and seventeen hundreds. The Dutch Barendegat means 'Inlet of the Breakers', and the name aptly describes the strong currents that dominate the area. After 1750, Cranberry Inlet provided a safer and faster route to the important trading town of Toms River.

The territory to the south of the inlet along the bay was peaceful and crowded with wildlife, and this was the attraction that drew the earliest settlers to the area in the 1820's. Hunters would stay at the Herring House, a popular boardinghouse. Jacob Herring ran this establishment until 1855 when John M. Brown bought much of the land from the inlet south to present day Loveladies. The area became known as Brownsville, the first official name of the community.

In the meantime, Cranberry Inlet had closed up in 1815, and Barnegat Inlet became more important to trade and travel. A 40 feet tall lighthouse tower was constructed in 1835 to mark the inlet. The light was not very strong, and its steady white beam could not be seen beyond 10 miles. To improve the strength of the beacon, a fourth order fresnel lens was installed in 1854, but the tower was now in poor shape and plans for a new lighthouse were made.

Lt. General George G. Meade (who would later make history leading the Union Troops at Gettysburg) was place in charge of designing the new lighthouse. He designed a 170 ft. tall tower with two circular brick walls. The interior wall rose straight up and supported the iron stairs leading up to the lens assembly, while the outer wall tapered from 28 feet at its base to 14 feet at the keeper's platform. The lens was to be of the first order, designed by Augustin Fresnel himself. A counterweight system would keep the lens assembly rotating. The signature of Barnegat Light would be one flash every ten seconds. The tower was completed in 1859, just in time to replaced the old lighthouse which had tumbled into the sea due to beach erosion.
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