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  2. American Shoal Light - Wikipedia

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    The lighthouse is listed as number 1015 in the U.S. Coast Guard light list. [8] In 1990, the U.S. Postal Service issued a 25 cent featuring the American Shoal Light. [9] The lighthouse was deactivated in 2015. [1] On May 20, 2016, 24 Cuban refugees boarded the lighthouse. [10]

  3. List of lighthouses in Florida - Wikipedia

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    National Park Service, "Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Florida Lighthouses". Maritime Heritage Program. Retrieved on 2010-09-28. U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) (2012), "Light List Vol. III, Atlantic and Gulf Coasts". U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Florida". United States ...

  4. Always wanted a lighthouse? U.S. is giving some away ... - AOL

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    The Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light stands in Keweenaw Bay, June 2, 2022, in Chassell, Mich. The federal government's annual effort to give away or sell lighthouses that are no longer ...

  5. Sombrero Key Light - Wikipedia

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    Sombrero Key Light is located offshore of Vaca Key in Marathon, Florida. [2] The lighthouse is located on a mostly submerged reef.The name Sombrero Key goes back to the Spanish, and old charts show a small island at the spot, but by the later 19th Century the island had eroded away, with some parts of the reef exposed at low tide.

  6. Dry Tortugas Light - Wikipedia

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    After several proposals for a new lighthouse on the "outer shoals" of the Dry Tortugas, a new lighthouse was built on Loggerhead Key and completed in 1858 at a cost of US$35,000 ($1.23 million in 2023), which was the amount that had been projected to upgrade the existing lighthouse on Garden Key.

  7. Alligator Reef Light - Wikipedia

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    Friends of the Pool, a community organization based in Islamorada, was granted title to the lighthouse in 2021. [6] The group changed its name to Save Alligator Lighthouse and raised $6 million to restore the lighthouse. Solar-powered lights were installed and illuminated in October 2023. [7]

  8. Cape St. George Light - Wikipedia

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    The nearby lighthouses at Cape San Blas and Dog Island were destroyed by the same hurricane, and Apalachicola was heavily damaged. The Cape St. George lighthouse was rebuilt in 1851–52, 250 yards (230 m) inland from its previous site; construction was hastened by the salvage and re-use of two thirds of the bricks of the ruined tower.

  9. Cape Florida Light - Wikipedia

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    The Cape Florida Light is a lighthouse on Cape Florida at the south end of Key Biscayne in Miami-Dade County, Florida. [5] Constructed in 1825, it guided mariners off the Florida Reef , which starts near Key Biscayne and extends southward a few miles offshore of the Florida Keys . [ 6 ]