Cape Canaveral Lighthouse
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Cape Canaveral Lighthouse
This is not the "original" lighthouse. The original was built in 1848, and was in a different location (about a mile and a half closer to the ocean, just north of Complex 46).
The lighthouse was dismantled at the start of the Civil War to discourage Union ships from landing troops, then rebuilt in 1868. In 1893, however, the lighthouse was moved west to its present location to avoid encroaching seawater. It was relit in July of 1894. The lighthouse remained attended until 1967, when it was automated. The first-order Fresnel lens was later replaced with more modern optics (the Fresnel is now on display at the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse Museum in Ponce Inlet, FL).
www.capecanaverallighthousefoundation.com/
www.robsv.com/cape/lh.html
Reading recommendations:
Cape Canaveral (Images of America: Florida) - www.itravellibrary.com/book/detail/Cape-Canaveral-Image...
www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=364
This is not the "original" lighthouse. The original was built in 1848, and was in a different location (about a mile and a half closer to the ocean, just north of Complex 46).
The lighthouse was dismantled at the start of the Civil War to discourage Union ships from landing troops, then rebuilt in 1868. In 1893, however, the lighthouse was moved west to its present location to avoid encroaching seawater. It was relit in July of 1894. The lighthouse remained attended until 1967, when it was automated. The first-order Fresnel lens was later replaced with more modern optics (the Fresnel is now on display at the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse Museum in Ponce Inlet, FL).
www.capecanaverallighthousefoundation.com/
www.robsv.com/cape/lh.html
Reading recommendations:
Cape Canaveral (Images of America: Florida) - www.itravellibrary.com/book/detail/Cape-Canaveral-Image...
www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=364
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Light
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 28°27'37"N 80°32'36"W
- Fort Dade / Egmont Key 238 km
- Alligator Reef Light 402 km
- former site of Northwest Passage light 448 km
- Rebecca Shoal Lighthouse 477 km
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Nation Historic Park 892 km
- Wolf Trap Lighthouse 1074 km
- Harbor of Refuge Light and Outer Wall 1259 km
- Brandywine Shoal Light 1275 km
- Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse 1278 km
- Miah Maul Range Lighthouse 1284 km
- Launch Complex 36 (Blue Origin) 1.1 km
- ICBM Row (Part of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station) 2.4 km
- Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCAFS) 6.4 km
- Spoil Islands 7.3 km
- Banana River 7.9 km
- Disconnected section of Banana River 8.1 km
- Causeway between Canaveral Air Force Base and NASA Kennedy Space Center. 8.1 km
- Disconnected section of Banana River 10 km
- Banana River 10 km
- Kennedy Space Center 16 km
Launch Complex 36 (Blue Origin)
ICBM Row (Part of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station)
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCAFS)
Spoil Islands
Banana River
Disconnected section of Banana River
Causeway between Canaveral Air Force Base and NASA Kennedy Space Center.
Disconnected section of Banana River
Banana River
Kennedy Space Center
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