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

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ANCLOTE KEY LIGHT

State: FLORIDA
Location: ANCLOTE KEY AT ANCLOTE RIVER MOUTH
Nearest City: ANCLOTE
County: PINELLAS
U.S.C.G. District: 7
Year Station Established: 1887

Photo by Scott Keeler, 1993

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1887
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1985
Automated: 1952
Foundation Materials: PILINGS
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: BROWN W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SKELETAL W/CENTRAL CYLINDER
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 102
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1887
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 101
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DEMOLISHED)

Other Structures: RUINS OF BRICK OIL HOUSE, BRICK FOUNDATIONS FOR KEEPERS DWELLINGS, CONCRETE FOUNDATION FOR CISTERNS, INTACT NETWORK OF SIDEWALKS

Current Use: STATE PARK / WILDLIFE REFUGE

Owner/Manager: TARPON SPRINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY / FLORIDA STATE PARKS

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #99000410
Name of Listing: ANCLOTE KEY LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 01 2002 2:41:02 pm EDT
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