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| Carysfort Reef Lighthouse, Key Largo, FL |
*Dates of operation~~ 1852-present
*Building Material~~ Iron
*Tower~~ 120 feet
*Elevation~~ At sea level
*Markings~~ Red
*Light Pattern~~ Three-group flashing white every 60-seconds with three red sectors.
*Existing Buildings~~ Keeper's quarters (integral to lantern)
*Automated~~ 1960
*Original Lens~~ First Order Fresnel
*Current Lens~~ Vega VRB-25
*Open to Public?~~ No
*Current Owner~~ US Coast Guard owns light, National Oceanic Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), owns remaining tower
*Waterway Location~~ Atlantic Ocean/ Caribbean Sea (in Florida Keys)
*Significant Feature~~ Of its 120 feet, 20 feet of the support legs are underwater. First of
Florida's skeletal towers, built by future Civil War General George Mead.
LINKS
Lighthouse Friends' lighthouse info and history
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=703
National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/carysft.htm
Roger Bansemer's lighthouse page
http://www.bansemer.com/florida_lighthouses/carysfort_reef_lighthouse.htm
*Building Material~~ Iron
*Tower~~ 120 feet
*Elevation~~ At sea level
*Markings~~ Red
*Light Pattern~~ Three-group flashing white every 60-seconds with three red sectors.
*Existing Buildings~~ Keeper's quarters (integral to lantern)
*Automated~~ 1960
*Original Lens~~ First Order Fresnel
*Current Lens~~ Vega VRB-25
*Open to Public?~~ No
*Current Owner~~ US Coast Guard owns light, National Oceanic Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), owns remaining tower
*Waterway Location~~ Atlantic Ocean/ Caribbean Sea (in Florida Keys)
*Significant Feature~~ Of its 120 feet, 20 feet of the support legs are underwater. First of
Florida's skeletal towers, built by future Civil War General George Mead.
LINKS
Lighthouse Friends' lighthouse info and history
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=703
National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/carysft.htm
Roger Bansemer's lighthouse page
http://www.bansemer.com/florida_lighthouses/carysfort_reef_lighthouse.htm
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