One of the unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys, this Light was one of the two lights to be erected in 1933 using the 1932 design. It stood in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water. The tower was painted white. The tower apparently no longer exists.
As they were marking local hazards, they did not need to be visible for as far as the reef lights that were erected during the 19th century. By the time these lights were erected, older lighthouses were being automated, and these new lights were designed to be automated from the start. The lights resembled the older reef lights in having a skeletal pyramidal upper structure on screw-pile foundations. They all originally had lanterns on their peaks, so that they looked like smaller versions of the older reef lights, but had no keeper's quarters.
Location: about 11 miles (18 km) north-northwest of Key West
Year first lit: 1933
Original lens: fourth order Fresnel lens
Characteristic: Flashing white, once a second
In order to get the correct coordinates, please choose which lighthouse this is:
A) Smith Shoal Lighthouse - N29° 20.438 W81° 47.010
B) St. Marks Lighthouse - N29° 21.078 W81° 47.486
C) Gasparillo Island Lighthouse- N29° 21.478 W81° 47.186
To learn more about Florida Lighthouses, please visit the link below:
Lighthouse Friends, Florida Lighthouses: http://www.lighthousefriends.com/fl.html
Source material is from Wikipedia and tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov.