Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- photographer. still image Transparencies Color 1980-2010. gmgpc [between 1980 and 2006] eng Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Barnegat Light was commissioned on January 1, 1859. The tower light was 165 feet above sea level and the lighthouse itself was four times taller than the original. The new light was a first-order flashing Fresnel lens, which stood about 12 feet tall. The current lighthouse is really two towers in one: the exterior conical tower covers a cylindrical tower on the inside. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Carol M. Highsmith; Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. America. Lighthouses. Barnegat Light. United States New Jersey Barnegat Light. Carol M. Highsmith Archive. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.12129 No known restrictions on publication.