Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Florida Lighthouses--Cape Canaveral Light

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CAPE CANAVERAL LIGHT

State: FLORIDA
Location: CAPE CANAVERAL, 1 MILE FROM SHORE
Nearest City: COCOA BEACH
County: BREVARD
U.S.C.G. District: 7
Year Station Established: 1848

NPS photo, 1995

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1868
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1960
Foundation Materials: BRICK
Construction Materials: CAST IRON PLATE W/BRICK LINING
Markings/Patterns: BLACK & WHITE BANDS/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 145
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1868
Present Optic: DCB-224
Year Present Lens Installed: 1993
Height of Focal Plane: 137
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FIRST ORDER "HENRY LEPAUTE" LENS ON DISPLAY AT PONCE DE LEON LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM
Has tower been moved? YES 1894

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1848
Description: 60-FOOT WOODEN STRUCTURE WITH WINSLOW LEWIS REFLECTORS
Fate/Disposition: MARINERS COULD NOT SEE LIGHT/INEFFECTIVE

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (IN RUINS)

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE (IN RUINS), CONCRETE BLOCK STORAGE BUILDING

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. AIR FORCE W/ USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site: LINK

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

Miscellaneous:
LIGHTHOUSE DISMANTLED AND MOVED WEST OF OLD SITE IN 1894; OWNERSHIP TRANSFERRED DEC 14, 2000 TO USAF; 2002 CAPE CANAVERAL LIGHTHOUSE FDN FORMED AND A MEMORADUM OF AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH USAF

Last Modified: Fri, Jan 03 2003 11:35:02 am EDT
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