Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Florida Lighthouses--Cape San Blas Light

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CAPE SAN BLAS LIGHT

State: FLORIDA
Location: CAPE SAN BLAS
Nearest City: APALACHICOLA
County: GULF
U.S.C.G. District: 8
Year Station Established: 1848

Photo by David Cipra, 1994

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1885
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1996
Automated: 1981
Foundation Materials: IRON PILING
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SKELETON AROUND SLENDER CYLINDER
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 90
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1859
Present Optic: THIRD ORDER, BIVALVE
Year Present Lens Installed: 1906
Height of Focal Plane: 101
Fresnel Lens Disposition: "BARBIER, BENARD ET TURENNE" THIRD ORDER BIVALVE LENS & CLOCKWORK MECHANISM STILL IN TOWER
Has tower been moved? YES, 1918

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1847/1856
Description:
Fate/Disposition: TOPPLED IN STORM
2. Construction Date: 1859
Description:
Fate/Disposition: DAMAGED BY CIVIL WAR; FELL INTO GULF AS A RESULT OF EROSION IN 1882

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1919
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials: FRAME

Other Structures: RADIOBEACON (1939), 2ND KEEPERS

Current Use: UNDER RESTORATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. AIR FORCE

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
FOURTH TOWER ON SITE; TOWER MOVED DUE TO EROSION 1918

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 01 2002 3:17:02 pm EDT
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