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.[4][5][6]
anclote, keys, light, lighthouse, built, 1887, anclote, largest, anclote, keys, skeletal, square, pyramidal, tower, painted, brown, with, black, lantern, after, lighthouse, automated, 1952, tower, other, buildings, site, were, often, vandalized, interfering, w. 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 4 5 6 Anclote Keys LightAnclote Keys lighthouse as it appeared in 2005LocationAnclote KeyTarpon SpringsFloridaUnited StatesCoordinates28 10 1 3 N 82 50 41 0 W 28 167028 N 82 844722 W 28 167028 82 844722TowerConstructed1887FoundationpilingConstructioncast iron skeletal towerAutomated1952Height102 feet 31 m Shapeskeletal tower with central cylinder balcony and lanternMarkingsbrown tower black lanternOperatorAnclote Key Preserve State Park 1 2 HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place LightFirst lit2003 Deactivated1984 2003Focal height110 feet 34 m Lensthird order Fresnel lens original replica of fourth order Fresnel lens current Range19 nautical miles 35 km 22 mi CharacteristicFl 4 W 30s Anclote Key LighthouseU S National Register of Historic PlacesArealess than one acreArchitectUS Lighthouse ServiceArchitectural stylecast iron Skeletal StructureNRHP reference No 99000410 3 Added to NRHPApril 1 1999It is listed as Anclote Key Light number 1555 in the USCG light lists 7 Anclote Keys Lighthouse when it was still manned by U S Coast Guard archives Contents 1 Head keepers 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksHead keepers editJames 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 edit nbsp Florida portal nbsp Engineering portal List of lighthouses in Florida List of lighthouses in the United StatesReferences edit Rowlett Russ Lighthouses of the United States Western Florida The Lighthouse Directory University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Retrieved 28 June 2016 Florida Historic Light Station Information amp Photography United States Coast Guard Retrieved 28 June 2016 National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 Historic Light Station Information and Photography Florida United States Coast Guard Historian s Office Archived from the original on 2017 05 01 Retrieved 24 August 2014 Anclote Keys Lighthouse Historic Lighthouse Publishers Archived from the original on 15 December 2005 Retrieved 24 August 2014 Anclote Key Lighthouse Page anclotekey com Retrieved 24 August 2014 Light List Volumes 1 7 United States Coast Guard Further reading editMcCarthy Kevin M 1990 Anclote Key Lighthouse Florida Lighthouses Gainesville Florida University of Florida Press External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anclote Keys Light Anclote Key Preserve State Park Florida Park Service Archived from the original on 26 June 2012 Retrieved 24 August 2014 nbsp This Florida protected area related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a property in Pinellas County Florida on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article relating to a United States lighthouse is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anclote Keys Light amp oldid 1074175200, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
