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American Shoal Light
American Shoal lighthouse
Map
Locationsouth-east of the
Saddlebunch Keys
close to Looe Key
Florida
United States
Coordinates24°31′31″N 81°31′10″W / 24.525189°N 81.519464°W / 24.525189; -81.519464
Tower
Constructed1880
Foundationscrew-pile with platform
Constructionwrought iron skeleton tower
Automated1963
Height110 feet (34 m)
Shapeoctagonal pyramidal skeletal tower with platform and 2-storey keeper's quarters, central cylinder, balcony and lantern
Markingsred tower and lantern
Power sourcesolar power Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorUnited States Coast Guard[2][3][4]
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Racon"Y" (– • – –)
Light
Deactivated2015[1]
Focal height109 feet (33 m)
LensFirst-order drum Fresnel lens (1880), VRB-25 aerobeacon (current)
Rangewhite: 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)
red: 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)
CharacteristicFl (3) W 15s. (two red sectors)
American Shoal Light
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.10001189
Added to NRHPJanuary 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.

  1. ^ "American Shoal Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Public Domain 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.
  4. ^ American Shoal Light Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine Lighthouse Explorer. Retrieved 27 June 2016
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Light List, Volume III, Atlantic Coast, Little River, South Carolina to Econfina River, Florida (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 11.
  7. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Florida". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.

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