Alternate Name(s):
Seahorse Key
Type:
Year Established:
1854
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
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File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2018
Photo Credit:
Candace Clifford
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
SEAHORSE KEY/GULF OF MEXICO
Latitude:
29° 5.47'
Longitude:
83° 3.55'
City / Town:
CEDAR KEY
U.S. State:
Florida
Location County:
LEVY
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
U.S. NWR / University of Florida (Marine Laboratory)
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1915
Disposition:
Part of Marine Laboratory
Year Tower Established:
1854
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK W/WOOD ADDITIONS
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE PILE W/PLATFORM
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
74.5
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
18
Tower Shape:
HEXAGONAL
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1854
Keeper's Quarters Style:
INTEGRAL
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE, CISTERN
OPTICS
Current Optic:
REMOVED
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1854
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017