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| Location | Carysfort Reef Key Largo Florida United States |
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| Coordinates | 25°13′19.01″N 80°12′41.22″W / 25.2219472°N 80.2114500°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1825 (lightships) |
| Foundation | iron pile lighthouse |
| Construction | wrought iron tower |
| Automated | 1960 |
| Height | 120 feet (37 m)[1] |
| Shape | octagonal pyramidal skeletal tower with 2-story keeper's quarter, balcony and lantern |
| Markings | red tower, white lantern and keeper's quarter roof |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard[2] [3] |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Racon | "C" (—·—·) |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1852 (current) |
| Deactivated | 2015 (active as daybeacon) |
| Focal height | 100 feet (30 m) |
| Lens | 18 lamps with reflectors (1852), first order Fresnel lens (1858) |
| Range | white: 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) red 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (3) W 60s. with red sectors |
Carysfort Lighthouse | |
| Nearest city | Key Largo, Florida |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1848 |
| Built by | Merrick & Sons |
| Engineer | Howard Stansbury, George Meade |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000199[4] |
| Added to NRHP | October 31, 1984 |
Carysfort Reef Light is located east of Key Largo, Florida.[5][6] The lighthouse has an iron-pile foundation with a platform, and a skeletal, octagonal, pyramidal tower, which is painted red. The light was 100 feet (30 m) above the water. It was the oldest functioning lighthouse of its type in the United States until it was decommissioned in 2015, having been completed in 1852. The light last installed was a xenon flashtube beacon. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[4]
- ^ National Park Service, "Carysforth Light". Inventory of Historic Light Stations. Retrieved on 2010-08-28.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Florida and the Keys". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ Florida Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 30 June 2016
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Light List, Volume III, Atlantic Coast, Little River, South Carolina to Econfina River, Florida (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 8.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Florida". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.