This lighthouse is located on the north side of the Inlet. The site for the lighthouse was chosen in 1853. It is located between Cape Canaveral Light and Hillsboro Inlet Light. The lighthouse was designed by then Lieutenant George G. Meade of the Bureau of Topographical Engineers. Meade's design was subsequently modified by Lieutenant William Raynolds. The Inlet silted shut in 1854, forcing all building supplies to be shipped in light boats down the Indian River. Work was interrupted from 1856 to 1858 by the Third Seminole War. The lighthouse was completed under the supervision of Captain Edward A. Yorke in 1860 at a cost of more than $60,000.
The lighthouse was built on a hill once thought to be an Indian shell mound or midden (and sometimes falsely rumored to be a burial mound), but which is now determined to be a natural parabolic sand dune. The top of the 105-foot (32 m) tower is 146 feet (45 m) above sea level. The light can be seen 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) at sea. The lighthouse structure is brick with double masonry walls. The outer wall is conical, tapering from 31.5 inches (800 mm) (eight bricks thick) at ground level to 18 inches (460 mm) (three bricks thick) at base of lantern. The inner wall is cylindrical and two bricks thick throughout. Circumference at base is about 65 feet (20 m) and at the top about 43 feet (13 m).
Year first constructed: 1860
Year first lit: 1860 Automated: 1928
Foundation: oyster shells
Construction: brick Tower shape: conical tower
Height: Tower: 108 feet (33 m), above water: 146 feet (45 m)
Original lens: first order
Fresnel lens Range: 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi)
Characteristic: Fixed white varied by a white flash every 90 seconds
In order to get the correct coordinates, please choose which lighthouse this is:
A) Smith Shoal Lighthouse - N29° 22.068 W81° 47.386
B) Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse - N29° 20.982 W81° 47.310
C) Ponce de Leon Lighthouse - N29° 21.278 W81° 47.186
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