Key West Lighthouse (Florida, USA)

	Photograph by © Johnathan Roebuck
	Photograph by © Theodore Roebuck
	Photograph by © Barbara Nelson Cheek
	Photograph by © Ken Raveill
	Photograph by © Larry Benvennuti
	Photograph by © Wanda Extrom
	Photograph by © Wanda Extrom
	Photograph by © Wanda Extrom
	Photograph by © Wanda Extrom
	Photograph by © Wanda Extrom
	Photograph by © Wanda Extrom
	Photograph by © Wanda Extrom
	Photograph by © Wanda Extrom
	Photograph by © Wanda Extrom
	Photograph by © Wanda Extrom

The first Key West lighthouse was a 65-foot masonry tower built on Whitehead Point. A severe hurricane in 1846 toppled this light tower and killed the keeper's family. The present Key West Lighthouse has a brick tower 86 feet tall, with the focal plance of the light 91 feet above sea level. A third-order Fresnel lens was placed in the lantern in 1872. The station was decommissioned in 1969, but restored to active service in 1972 as a private aid to navigation.

***Directions: Both the lighthouse and the Key West Lighthouse Museum are located at the intersection of Truman Avenue (U.S.Highway 1), and Whitehead Street.

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