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EGMONT KEY LIGHT

State: FLORIDA
Location: TAMPA BAY ACROSS FROM FORT DESOTO
Nearest City: ST. PETERSBURG
County: HILLSBOROUGH
U.S.C.G. District: 7
Year Station Established: 1848

NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1995

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1858
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1989
Foundation Materials: STONE
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: CONICAL (LANTERN REMOVED)
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 87
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: DCB-224
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 85
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1848
Description:
Fate/Disposition: UNDERMINED BY HURRICANES IN 1848 & 1852

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed:
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: FLORIDA RANCH
Construction Materials:

Other Structures:

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN WILDLIFE PRESERVE

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD/FLORIDA DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: PART OF LISTING; Reference #78000946
Name of Listing: EGMONT KEY (FORT DADE SITE)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
SERVED BRIEFLY AS REAR RANGE LIGHT; ORIGINAL LANTERN REMOVED EARLY 1960S TO ACCOMODATE AEROBEACON

Last Modified: Mon, Mar 04 2002 2:12:02 pm EDT
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