This lighthouse was placed at a bend in the deeper part of the harbor to guide ships to the railroad docks in Punta Gorda, Florida. Punta Gorda lost importance as a port when railroad lines reached Boca Grande on the southern end of Gasparilla Island at the entrance to Charlotte Harbor in 1906. The lighthouse steadily deteriorated and had to be demolished in 1943. The iron pilings were removed in 1975.
Year first lit: 1890
Automated: 1918
Deactivated: 1943
Foundation: iron pilings
Construction: wood
Tower shape: square house
Original lens: fifth-order Fresnel lens
In order to get the correct coordinates, please choose which lighthouse this is:
A) St. Augustine Lighthouse - N29° 22.378 W81° 47.386
B) Amelia Island Lighthouse - N29° 22.068 W81° 47.486
C) Charlotte Harbor Lighthouse - N29° 20.313 W81° 47.729
To learn more about Florida Lighthouses, please visit the link below:
Lighthouse Friends, Florida Lighthouses: http://www.lighthousefriends.com/fl.html
Unless noted otherwise, all source material is from Wikipedia and U.S. Coast Guard archives..