Gasparilla Island Rear Range

Alternate Name(s):
Boca Grande Rear Range
Year Established:
1932
Existing:
Yes
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2016
Photo Credit:
Candace Clifford
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Gasparilla Island
Latitude:
26 74.20'
Longitude:
82 26.34'
U.S. State:
Florida
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Gasparilla Island Rear Range
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1932
Tower Construction Material:
Wrought Iron
Tower Foundation:
Steel Piling
Tower Shape:
Skeletal
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

1881 tower originally served as Delaware Breakwater West End Light; moved to Gasparilla Island in 1927


Entered by:
candace
Entered Date:
Nov 18, 2017