The lenses used in lighthouses were fine works of optical engineering, usually imported from Britain. This one was once used at the Dog Island lighthouse, and is now on display at Plimmer’s Ark Gallery, Museum of Wellington City and Sea.
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Photograph by Melanie Lovell-Smith
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