Type:
Year Established:
1849
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2015
Photo Credit:
Candace Clifford
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
CAPE SAN BLAS
Latitude:
29° 40.3'
Longitude:
85° 21.4'
City / Town:
APALACHICOLA
U.S. State:
Florida
Location County:
GULF
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1996
Year Tower Established:
1885
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON
Tower Foundation:
IRON PILING
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
98
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
90
Tower Shape:
SKELETON AROUND SLENDER CYLINDER
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1919
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
FRAME
Other Structures:
RADIO BEACON (1939), 2ND KEEPERS
OPTICS
Current Optic:
THIRD ORDER, BIVALVE
Original Optic Type:
THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1859
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017