Age takes its toll in historic lighthouse.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: April 17, 2002| Author: Wykes, S.L. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

SAN MATEO, Calif. _ With its stark white brick tower set dramatically against a blue sky, green fields and wave-whipped cliffs, the Pigeon Point lighthouse is an eye-catching sight from Highway 1's serpentine course along the San Mateo County coast.

The only one with its design in California, the striking tower has become everyone's idea of what a lighthouse should be.

But age is taking its toll.

In December, the 115-foot-tall tower was closed to to...

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