Anclote Keys Light Explained
| Coordinates: | 28.167°N -82.8447°W |
| Yearbuilt: | 1887 |
| Automated: | 1952 |
| Yeardeactivated: | 1984-2003 |
| Foundation: | piling |
| Construction: | cast iron skeletal tower |
| Shape: | skeletal tower with central cylinder, balcony and lantern |
| Marking: | brown tower, black lantern |
| Lens: | third-order Fresnel lens (original), replica of fourth-order Fresnel lens (current) |
| Characteristic: | Fl (4) W 30s. |
| Managingagent: | Anclote Key Preserve State Park[1] [2] |
| Module: | | Anclote Key Lighthouse | | Embed: | yes | | Architect: | US Lighthouse Service | | Architecture: | cast-iron Skeletal Structure | | Added: | April 1, 1999 | | Area: | less than one acre | | Refnum: | 99000410 |
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The Anclote Keys Light is a lighthouse built in 1887 on Anclote Key, the largest of the Anclote Keys. It is a skeletal square pyramidal tower, painted brown, with a black lantern. After the lighthouse was automated in 1952 the tower and other buildings at the site were often vandalized, interfering with the operation of the light. The Coast Guard determined that the light was no longer needed and deactivated it in 1984. The site was eventually turned over to the State of Florida and added to Anclote Key Preserve State Park. As of 2003 the lighthouse has been restored and relighted using a reproduction fourth-order Fresnel lens. Anclote Key is accessible only by boat.[3] [4] [5]
It is listed as Anclote Key Light number 1555 in the USCG light lists.
Head keepers
- James Gardner (1887 – 1888)
- Samuel E. Hope, Jr. (1888 – 1889)
- James M. Baggett (1889 – 1891)
- Robert S. Meyer (1891 – 1914)
- Thomas A. Moody (1914 – 1923)
- Robert S. Meyer (1923 – 1933),
- James L. Pippin (1933 – at least 1949)
See also
Further reading
- Book: McCarthy, Kevin M. . 1990 . Anclote Key Lighthouse . Florida Lighthouses . University of Florida Press . Gainesville, Florida .
External links
- Web site: Anclote Key Preserve State Park . Florida Park Service . 24 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120626042116/http://www.floridastateparks.org/anclotekey/default.cfm . 26 June 2012 .
Notes and References
- 28 June 2016.
- Web site: Florida Historic Light Station Information & Photography . United States Coast Guard . 28 June 2016.
- 24 August 2014.
- Web site: Anclote Keys Lighthouse. Historic Lighthouse Publishers. 24 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20051215222212/http://users.erols.com/lthouse/aklt.htm. 15 December 2005.
- Web site: Anclote Key Lighthouse Page. 24 August 2014. anclotekey.com.
