Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Florida Lighthouses--Sand Key Light

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SAND KEY LIGHT

State: FLORIDA
Location: 7 MILES SW OF KEY WEST / FLORIDA KEYS
Nearest City: KEY WEST
County: MONROE
U.S.C.G. District: 7
Year Station Established: 1826

NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1996

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1853
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: 1989-1998
Automated: 1938
Foundation Materials: IRON SCREWPILE W/PLATFORM
Construction Materials: IRON
Markings/Patterns: RED W/BLACK TRIM
Shape: SQUARE SKELETAL W/CENTRAL COLUMN
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 120
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1853
Present Optic: VEGA VRB-25, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 109
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FIRST ORDER FRESNEL IS AT U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY IN GROTON, CT
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1826
Description: BRICK TOWER
Fate/Disposition: DESTROYED IN A HURRICANE
2. Construction Date: 1846
Description: LIGHTSHIP SERVED STATION UNTIL 1853
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DEMOLISHED 1996)

Year Constructed: 1853
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: SQUARE INTEGRAL
Construction Materials: IRON

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: LISTED; Reference #73000589
Name of Listing: SAND KEY LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, FL-189

Miscellaneous:
SECOND SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE ON FLORIDA KEYS CONSTRUCTED BY GEORGE MEADE; SEVERELY DAMAGED IN 1989 FIRE

Last Modified: Tues, Mar 05 2002 2:08:02 pm EDT
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