Tortugas Harbor (Florida)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1839 F W. W18. USLHE Light List (US): 206
1849 F W. W16. USLHE Light List (US): 199
1858 F W. W14. LHB Light List (US): 315
1860 LHB Light List (US): 299
1865 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 304
1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 308
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 312
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 311
1878 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 399
1879 F W. W131/2. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 413
1886 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 534
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 566
1893 F W. W133/4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 754
1898 F WR. W133/4, R133/4. White sectors from SW. to SW. 3/4 W.; from W. 1/2 N. through southward to NE. by E. 1/4 E.; and from E. 3/4 N. through northwestward to S. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 872
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 883
1905 F W. W10. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1040
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1140
1915 Fl W 2s. W10. fl 0.4. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1596
1917 Fl W 2s. W14. fl 0.4. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1711
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1783

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1839 15 Lamps / 14" Refl. 65 70 N/A USLHE Light List (US): 206
1849 17 Lamps / 21" Refl. USLHE Light List (US): 199
1858 4th LHB Light List (US): 315
1860 LHB Light List (US): 299
1865 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 304
1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 308
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 312
1870 Inside of the fort. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 311
1878 N/A An hexagonal iron tower, southeast bastion of Fort Jefferson. Tower colored brown; lantern, black; 93 feet from former light, in a direction E. 21° 31' S. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 399
1879 65 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 413
1886 25 A brown hexagonal tower; lantern, black. On the S. E. bastion of the fort, 93 feet E. S. E. from former light. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 534
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 566
1893 67 Brown, hexagonal tower; lantern, black. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 754
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 872
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 883
1905 Brown, hexagonal, pyramidal tower; lantern, black. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1040
1908 Brown, hexagonal, pyramidal tower; black lantern. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1140
1915 N/A 30 Brown; hexagonal, pyramidal tower. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1596
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1711
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1783
1825 - 1921 (Location of current tower. Fort was built around original tower. In the 1850's the light was built on the parade grounds of the fort.)