Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Florida Lighthouses--Fowey Rocks Light

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FOWEY ROCKS LIGHT

State: FLORIDA
Location: OFF KEY BISCAYNE
Nearest City: CORAL GABLES
County: DADE
U.S.C.G. District: 7
Year Station Established: 1878

NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1996

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1878
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1974
Foundation Materials: STRAIGHTPILE W/DISK
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: BROWN/WHITE
Shape: SKELETAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 110
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER DRUM, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1878
Present Optic: VEGA VRB-25, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 110
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FIRST ORDER LENS ON DISPLAY AT USCG ATN TRAINING SCHOOL, YORKTOWN, VA
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1878
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: VICTORIAN OCTAGON
Construction Materials: INTEGRAL TO TOWER

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
LATE EXPOSED SCREWPILE; STATION WITHIN PARK BOUNDARIES OF BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK

Last Modified: Mon, Mar 04 2002 2:26:02 pm EDT
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