 American Shoal lighthouse | |
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| Location | south-east of the Saddlebunch Keys close to Looe Key Florida United States |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 24°31′31″N 81°31′10″W / 24.525189°N 81.519464°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1880 |
| Foundation | screw-pile with platform |
| Construction | wrought iron skeleton tower |
| Automated | 1963 |
| Height | 110 feet (34 m) |
| Shape | octagonal pyramidal skeletal tower with platform and 2-storey keeper's quarters, central cylinder, balcony and lantern |
| Markings | red tower and lantern |
| Power source | solar power  |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard[2][3][4] |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Racon | "Y" (– • – –) |
| Light | |
| Deactivated | 2015[1] |
| Focal height | 109 feet (33 m) |
| Lens | First-order drum Fresnel lens (1880), VRB-25 aerobeacon (current) |
| Range | white: 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) red: 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (3) W 15s. (two red sectors) |
American Shoal Light | |
| NRHP reference No. | 10001189 |
| Added to NRHP | January 25, 2011 |
The American Shoal Light is located east of the Saddlebunch Keys, just offshore from Sugarloaf Key, close to Looe Key, in Florida, United States.[5][6][7] It was completed in 1880, and first lit on July 15, 1880. The structure was built to the same plan and dimensions as the Fowey Rocks lighthouse, completed in 1878.
- ^ "American Shoal Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Florida and the Keys". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Florida Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ American Shoal Light Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine Lighthouse Explorer. Retrieved 27 June 2016
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Florida and the Keys". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
- ^ Light List, Volume III, Atlantic Coast, Little River, South Carolina to Econfina River, Florida (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 11.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Florida". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
