34019. (early plan copy) U.S. LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT. Early copy of hand drawn architectural drawings for : San Pedro Breakwater (Los Angeles Harbor) Light Station, California. Edward L. Woodruff, Superintendent, U. S. Light House Service. Filed November 10, 1911.
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34019. (early plan copy) U.S. LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT. Early copy of hand drawn architectural drawings for : San Pedro Breakwater (Los Angeles Harbor) Light Station, California. Edward L. Woodruff, Superintendent, U. S. Light House Service. Filed November 10, 1911.
- (early plan copy) U.S. LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT. Early copy of hand drawn architectural drawings for : San Pedro Breakwater (Los Angeles Harbor) Light Station, California. Edward L. Woodruff, Superintendent, U. S. Light House Service. Filed November 10, 1911. In the early 1950s, Radio Corporation of America (RCA) introduced a variation on the copy process called Electrofax, whereby images are formed directly on specially coated paper and rendered with a toner dispersed in a liquid and this may be a copy of the original from that process or similar. Plan sheet measures 19 x 27” and is on a vellum-like paper. This superb architectural view shows a large Front Elevation View of the masonry Art Deco light tower. The Los Angeles Light was firmly anchored to the concrete block and built of steel reinforced concrete. It is the only lighthouse ever built to this design. The National Park Service noted that this view is “The lighthouse to be built on the San Pedro (Calif) breakwater at Los Angeles. Authorized in 1907, appropriation 1911, constructed 1912-13, and first lit 24 November 1913 by Keeper John Olson. It had a 4th. Order Bivalve Fresnel lens, typical of coastal harbor lighthouses. Its unofficial name was “Hell’s Gate Light”. Perfect for research or would look wonderful framed. (VG+). $145.