There's a first for everything, and Navesink Lighthouse was there for a lot of them! When it became the first station to have a Fresnel lens in the Unites States, Navesink secured it's position as the guinea pig for a lot of the country's new innovations and technology. Listen in for the story of a lighthouse so powerful, that chickens stopped laying eggs. Liked this episode? Leave us a review on thelighthouselowdown.com References: International Code of Signals 1969Twin Lights Historical SocietyNavesink Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsThe Fresnel Affair: Manufacturing, Technology Transfer, Republicanism, and the Adoption of the Fresnel Lighthouse Lens in the United States, 1819 - 1852Fresnel Lens Development Chronology