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.) |