American Shoal Lighthouse

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The American Shoal Light is located east of the Saddlebunch Keys, just offshore from Sugarloaf Key, close to Looe Key, in Florida, USA. 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.

Location east of the Saddlebunch Keys, close to Looe Key
Coordinates 24°31′30.422″N 81°31′9.898″W
Year first lit 1880
Automated 1963
Foundation screw-pile
Construction skeleton tower
Tower shape brown octagonal skeletal octagonal pyramid enclosing white stair cylinder and brown octagonal dwelling
Height 109 feet (33 m)
Original lens First-order drum Fresnel lens
Current lens Fourth-order Fresnel lens
Range Red 10 nm, White 14 nm
Characteristic Flashing white (3) 15s with red sectors
Racon "Y" (– • – –)
USCG number 3-1015
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Depth: 4 to 94 feet - Experience - Novice - Coordinates: 24'31.338 N - 081'31.121 W. This is a functioning lighthouse. Lots of beautiful coral fingers.

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