"Split Rock Lighthouse" by Paul McGehee. Dramatically perched on a high rock bluff overlooking the shores of Lake Superior in Two Harbors, Minnesota stands the Split Rock Lighthouse. She has guided the safe passage of many a giant Great Lakes freight carrier since 1910. The presence of a light on that point was greatly needed as several vessels have been lost there through the years in that treacherous part of Lake Superior, leading into the port city of Duluth. Originally lighted with a kerosene lamp behind a Fresnel lens, the Lighthouse's beacon was electrified in 1940. The mechanism for the light itself was ingenious...the lens rotated freely, floating on a bed of mercury, with the rotation powered by a system of weights and pull-chains running down the length of the building, much like the weights that power the motion of a grandfather clock. Split Rock Lighthouse is a famous landmark, now part of Minnesota's Split Rock Lighthouse State Park after having been decommissioned in 1969. The ship on the horizon, bound for Duluth, is the veteran bulk freight carrier "Philip R. Clarke", launched in 1952 and still in operation today. "Split Rock Lighthouse" is faithfully reproduced as an archival-quality print from McGehee's original color pencil and acrylic artwork, in a limited edition of only 2,000 pieces each hand-signed by the artist. Print image size: 10 7/8" x 18 1/2".