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in 1848, and a construction crew was trained there, erecting the tower, and then disassembling it for shipping. The parts and the construction crew were sent to Florida by ship. The erection of the lighthouse was more difficult than expected. The site was under 4.5 feet (1.4 m) of water, and the
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reflector system. He worked to optimize the systrem provided, adjusting it and adding mirrors. The Carysfort Reef Light was fixed (not revolving). Meade asked the Lighthouse Board to provide Carysfort Reef with a revolving light, as the Cape Florida Light, the closest light at 40 miles (64 km)
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in April 1826. The lightship was often blown off-station by storms, and even went aground on the reef at one point. Supplies, which had to be brought from Key West, were expensive, and shipments were irregular. To supplement food supplies, the crew kept a garden on Key Largo. They also cut firewood
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and Key West. In October 1836, Seminoles burned the crew's garden on Key Largo. On June 23, 1837, Seminoles attacked Capt. Whalton and four of his helpers as they went ashore on Key Largo to tend their garden at Garden Cove. Capt. Whalton and one helper were killed, and two of the other three were
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Ship captains complained about the poor quality of the light provided by the lightships. Some complained that they had run onto a reef, because they thought they were 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) from the light, when they were only 2 or 3 nautical miles (3.7 or 5.6 km; 2.3 or
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On February 1, 2019 it was announced that the lighthouse would be given away freely to any government agencies, educational agencies, non-profit corporations, or any community development organizations who wanted to use it for "educational, park, recreational, cultural or historic preservation
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wounded, but the three survivors managed to escape back to the ship, where the rest of the seven man crew awaited, along with Capt. Whalton's wife and daughter, who at the time were visiting from Key West. The bodies were recovered from the garden by wreckers, and buried on Indian Key. The
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was built in New York and launched in 1825. On its voyage to Florida to take up its position, the new ship went aground on the coast about 50 miles (80 km) north of Cape Florida, and was abandoned by its crew. The ship was recovered by
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3.5 mi) away. Some captains thought that the lights on the lightship were deliberately dimmed or extinguished in collusion with wreckers. One captain reported rumors that oil for the lanterns was being traded to wreckers.
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away, was also a fixed light, and he was concerned that ships might confuse the two. A revolving lens apparatus with a first-order Fresnel lens, manuafactured by Henry-Leguate of Paris, was installed in the light in 1858.
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Duty on a lightship far from any inhabited place was hard. Whalton's wife and children, who lived in Key West, would visit the lightship for a few days at a time. In September 1835, the
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A survey of the Florida Keys in 1823 to locate sites for potential lighthouses and other aids to navigation produced a recommendation that a "floating light", or
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The original light apparatus consisted of 18 lamps, each with a 21 inches (530 mm) diameter reflector. The light was intended to have a
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while the lighthouse was under construction, and had been sold before completion of the lighthouse. Meade was forced to use a
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was severely damaged in a hurricane, with the lanterns broken, but the ship was repaired. Just three months later, the
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was assigned to complete the project. Meade had previously assisted in the design and construction of lighthouses in
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continued to serve as the lightship on Carysfort Reef until 1852, when a lighthouse was built on the reef.
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on the island. Drinking water depended on captured rain, water brought from springs near the mouth of the
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and fungus". The contract to build a replacement ship was awarded to the same builder that had built the
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in 1836, the Carysfort Reef lightship became the only navigational light on the Florida coast between
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until it was decommissioned in 2015, having been completed in 1852. The light last installed was a
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Light List, Volume III, Atlantic Coast, Little River, South Carolina to Econfina River, Florida
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octagonal pyramidal skeletal tower with 2-story keeper's quarter, balcony and lantern
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began. Settlers on the south Florida mainland and the adjacent islands north of
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reported that "Carysfort Reef picks up twenty percent of all the wrecks between
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Construction of the tower on the reef began in 1848, supervised by Captain
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10,000, but it took a year to repair and refit it, and find a crew. The
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reef was not solid, as expected, but consisted of a hard shell over
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As of 1982, Carysfort Reef Light had a third-order Fresnel lens.
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witnessed a running battle between the Spanish-Cuban slave ship
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arrived on station early in 1831, with John Whalton as keeper.
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was stationed at the reef), 63 did so on Carysfort Reef. The
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Florida Historic Light Station Information & Photography
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In 1830 Whalton became concerned about the condition of the
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John Whalton, reached its station and first lit its two
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National Register of Historic Places listed place 
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in 1770. The reef is one of the most dangerous on the
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Reef Lights: Seaswept Lighthouses of the Florida Keys
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The new 225-ton ship was named 1557: 777: 763: 700:Martin Weatherford (1885 – 1886) 667:William Richardson (1853 – 1854) 26: 1108: 1089: 741: 688:Harry W. Ramsdell (1866 – 1869) 657: 1589:1852 establishments in Florida 1246:The Florida Keys: The Wreckers 916: 893: 854: 825: 812: 795:List of lighthouses in Florida 676:William C. Green (1858 – 1860) 439:United States Lighthouse Board 351: 345:Howard Stansbury, George Meade 264:Fl (3) W 60s. with red sectors 1: 1579:Lighthouses completed in 1852 805: 724:Thomas L. Kelly (1919 – 1922) 718:Thomas L. Kelly (1918 – 1919) 706:Francis McNulty (1894 – 1903) 673:Martin McIntyre (1856 – 1858) 452: 391:beacon. It was added to the 703:William Lester (1886 – 1894) 682:Charles Bowman (1863 – 1866) 558:fled to Key West. After the 7: 1182:McCarthy, Kevin M. (1990). 1101:September 15, 2016, at the 754: 697:Fred A. 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Curry (1919) 560:Cape Florida Lighthouse 486:, under the command of 99:25.2219472; -80.2114500 1439:Hen and Chickens Shoal 1313:Lighthouses of Florida 1202:Swanson, Gail (2005). 1037:"Carysfort Reef Light" 606:, was manufactured in 1225:. Sarasota, Florida: 887:National Park Service 644:New York Custom House 600:interchangeable parts 1244:Viele, John (2001). 1221:Viele, John (1996). 1011:, pp. 155, 157. 377:Carysfort Reef Light 282:Carysfort Lighthouse 232:100 feet (30 m) 150:120 feet (37 m) 126:iron pile lighthouse 23:Carysfort Reef Light 1479:Ponce de Leon Inlet 1204:Slave Ship Guerrero 1184:Florida Lighthouses 1158:Dean, Love (1982). 889:. November 2, 2013. 552:Second Seminole War 379:is located east of 90: /  32: 1275:2008-05-15 at the 1096:Carysfort Reef, FL 1062:, pp. 30, 32. 1023:, pp. 30, 62. 959:, pp. 49–51; 912:. 2009. p. 8. 785:Engineering portal 694:H.W. Magill (1881) 381:Key Largo, Florida 337:Merrick & Sons 305:Key Largo, Florida 134:wrought iron tower 22: 1566: 1565: 1464:Northwest Passage 1434:Gasparilla Island 1164:Key West, Florida 967:, pp. 36–38. 947:, pp. 23–24. 598:foundation using 374: 373: 118:1825 (lightships) 1596: 1561: 1534:St. Joseph Point 1484:Port Boca Grande 1389:Charlotte Harbor 1306: 1299: 1292: 1283: 1282: 1259: 1240: 1217: 1198:(pp. 41–44) 1197: 1177: 1145: 1144: 1138: 1130: 1128: 1127: 1118:. 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Carysfort Reef
Key Largo
Florida
United States
Coordinates
25°13′19.01″N 80°12′41.22″W / 25.2219472°N 80.2114500°W / 25.2219472; -80.2114500
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Racon
Fresnel lens
Characteristic
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Key Largo, Florida
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Key Largo, Florida
United States
xenon flashtube
National Register of Historic Places
Carysfort Reef
HMS Carysfort (1766)
Royal Navy
post ship
reef
Florida Reef
Florida Keys
United States Lighthouse Board
Cape Florida
Tortugas
lightship

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