Sand Key (Florida)
Historical Light List Characteristics
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
1839 | 14 Lamps / 15" Refl. | 65 | 70 | N/A | USLHE Light List (US): 207 |
1849 | 14 Lamps / 21" Refl. | USLHE Light List (US): 200 | |||
1858 | 1st | 121 | 110 | An iron pile light-house, painted a dark color, and lantern white. | LHB Light List (US): 311 |
1860 | LHB Light List (US): 295 | ||||
1865 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 300 | ||||
1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 304 | ||||
1868 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 308 | ||||
1870 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 307 | ||||
1878 | An iron pile light-house, painted brown, and lantern white. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 395 | |||
1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 409 | ||||
1886 | A brown pyramidal framework, on pile foundation, enclosing a square dwelling and cylindrical stairway to white lantern. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 530 | |||
1888 | A brown pyramidal frame-work, on pile foundation, inclosing a square dwelling and cylindrical stairway to white lantern. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 561 | |||
1893 | N/A | 109 | Brown pyramidal framework, on pile foundation, inclosing square dwelling and cylindrical stairway to black lantern. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 749 | |
1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 865 | ||||
1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 876 | ||||
1905 | Brown, square, pyramidal framework, on pile foundation, inclosing the stair-cylinder and a low, square dwelling; lantern, black. United States Weather Bureau signal station adjacent to light-house. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1032 | |||
1908 | Brown, square, pyramidal framework, on pile foundation, inclosing the stair-cylinder and a low, square dwelling; black lantern. United States Weather Bureau signal station adjacent to light-house. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1131 | |||
1915 | N/A | Brown, square, pyramidal skeleton, inclosing stair cylinder and square dwelling; pile foundation. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1584 | ||
1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1696 | ||||
1920 | 120 | Brown; square, pyramidal skeleton, inclosing stair cylinder and square dwelling; pile foundation. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1768 | ||
1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1944 | ||||
1931 | Brown, square, pyramidal skeleton, inclosing stair cylinder and square dwelling; pile foundation. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2274 | |||
1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2907 | ||||
1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3311 | ||||
1945 | |||||
1946-1947 | Brown, square, pyramidal skeleton, inclosing stair-cylinder and square dwelling; pile foundation. | ||||
1950-1952 | |||||
1953-1955 | Brown, square, pyramidal skeleton tower inclosing stair cylinder and square dwelling; pile foundation. | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 3775 | |||
1957 | |||||
1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 4384 | ||||
1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 4384 | ||||
1963 | |||||
1965-1966 | |||||
1969-1970 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 91 | ||||
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1976 | |||||
1978 | |||||
1982 | |||||
1990 | Brown, square, pyramidal skeleton tower enclosing stair cylinder and square dwelling; pile foundation. | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 1170 | |||
1994 | N/A | N/A | 40 | NR on square skeleton tower. | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 770 |
2004 | N/A | N/A | 109 | White, square, pyramidal, skeleton tower enclosing stair cylinder and square dwelling; pile foundation. | USCG Light List - Vol. III: 1055 |
1827 - Present (Assumed the 1853 lighthouse was built relatively close to the original 1827 lighthouse. Assume the temporary 1990-1997 modern light was also near current exiting light.) |