One of the unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys was erected between 1921 and 1935. 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.
This Light is still standing, but the lantern has been removed, and a NOAA automatic weather station now sits at the top of the tower. The tower, which is painted brown, stands in 9 feet (2.7 m) of water.
Foundation: screw-pile
Construction: wrought iron
Tower shape: square skeleton tower on piles
Height: 45 feet (14 m)
Original lens: fourth order Fresnel lens
Location: about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Key Largo
Year first lit: 1921
Characteristic: Flashing white
In order to get the correct coordinates, please choose which lighthouse this is:
A) Molasses Reef Lighthouse - N29° 20.832 W81° 47.202
B) Key West Lighthouse - N29° 21.868 W81° 47.386
C) Rebecca Shoal Lighthouse - N29° 22.278 W81° 47.086
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 www.ndbc.noaa.gov.