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TORTUGAS HARBOR (FORT JEFFERSON) LIGHT

State: FLORIDA
Location: GARDEN KEY / DRY TORTUGAS ISLANDS
Nearest City: KEY WEST
County: MONROE
Year Station Established: 1825
Year Existing Historic Tower Constructed: 1876
Tortugas Harbor (Fort Jefferson) Light
Existing Historic Tower:
  • Is the Light Operational? YES (PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION?)
  • Automated: 1912
  • Date Deactivated: 1921
  • Foundation Materials: BRICK PARAPET
  • Construction Materials: IRON
  • Markings/Patterns: BLACK
  • Shape: HEXAGONAL
  • Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
  • Tower Height: 82/Height of Focal Plane: 86
  • Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL (1858)
  • Present Optic: 3 75-WATT INCANDESCENT BULBS
Modern Tower? NO

Existing Fog Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (FOUNDATIONS ONLY)

Other Structures: FORT

Owner/Manager: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Current Use: NATIONAL PARK

Open to the Public? YES National Register Status: PART OF LISTING: FORT JEFFERSON NATIONAL MONUMENT

Miscellaneous:
IN 1858 LIGHT WAS MOVED TO LOGGERHEAD KEY AND THE OLD TOWER REDUCED TO A HARBOR LIGHT WITH FOURTH ORDER LENS FROM GARDEN KEY



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