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The lighthouse was put back into service after the war ended. [4] The lighthouse building was tripled in size in 1905 when a U.S. Navy wireless station was established there. [5] The light was taken out of commission in 1915. Seahorse Key, including the lighthouse, became part of the Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge, established
Cedar Key Light: Cedar Key 1854 Never 1915 None 75 ft (23 m) ... C. ^ In 1960, the lighthouse was replaced with a skeletal steel tower. The old structure moved ...
Lighthouse State Reference 210 feet (64 m) Cape Hatteras Light: ... Cedar Key Light: Florida [133] 21 feet (6.4 m) Copper Harbor Front Range Light: Michigan
A group says it still needs to raise $6 million to fully renovate the structure.
A 150-year-old beacon that helped guide ships through the treacherous Florida Keys coral reefs before GPS, sonar and other technology made it obsolete is shining again as part of a national effort ...
Cedar Key was an important source of salt for the Confederacy during the early part of the war. In October 1862, a Union raid destroyed sixty kettles on Salt Key capable of producing 150 bushels of salt a day. The Union occupied the Cedar Keys in early 1864, staying for the remainder of the war. [28] [29]
The meaning of the name and Steele's reason for choosing it are unclear. The Cedar Key Post Office was established in 1845, with Augustus Steele as the first postmaster. [6] During the 1850s trade grew on the island. A lighthouse serving the Cedar Keys harbor was built on Seahorse Key and put into operation in 1854.
Cedar Key City Commissioner Sue Colson put it bluntly when speaking to the Gainesville Sun in 2017: “We’ve been given a stage 4 diagnosis,” Colson said, speaking about sea-level rise and the ...