 The first order Fresnel lens and steel tower for the lighthouse were made in France at a cost of $65,068 and was transported around Cape Horn.A report indicates that the lighthouse was severely damaged during the Fort Tejon earthquake of January 9, 1857.The lighthouse was moved in 1881 because the fog would be less likely to obscure the light, and was rebuilt from the top of the bluff to a mesa halfway down, above the Pacific Ocean.