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The Cape San Blas Light is a lighthouse in the state of Florida in the United States. There were four built between 1849 and 1885. It was located at Cape San Blas in the northwestern part of the state. Due to beach erosion and weather damage over the decades, it was moved in 2014 to Port St. Joe.
Cape San Blas has had four lighthouses. The first, built in 1847, collapsed during a gale on August 23–24 of 1851. Congress appropriated $12,000 for a second brick tower lighthouse for the cape which was finally finished in November 1855, but it was destroyed on August 30, 1856, when another hurricane struck Cape San Blas.
Cape San Blas Light: Cape San Blas 1848 (First) 1885 (Current) 1981 1996 None ... C. ^ In 1960, the lighthouse was replaced with a skeletal steel tower. The old ...
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The St. Joseph Point Light was a lighthouse on the mainland north of present-day Port St. Joe, Florida, across the entrance to St. Joseph Bay from St. Joseph Point. St. Joseph Bay is enclosed by St. Joseph Peninsula, which runs west some three miles (5 km) from the mainland to Cape San Blas, and then northerly 15 miles (24 km) to St. Joseph ...
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Old Baldy Lighthouse on Bald Head Island was built in 1817 and is the oldest lighthouse still standing in North Carolina. 5 The number of landings in Old Baldy’s staircase.
The light remained in service until 1847, when the lighthouse lantern and other equipment were moved to the new Cape San Blas lighthouse. The old St. Joseph Bay lighthouse washed away in 1851. The old St. Joseph Bay lighthouse washed away in 1851.