Key West Lighthouse
(Florida, USA)












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

***If you have a photo of this lighthouse, that you'd like to share...please email me.







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