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  2. Ponce de Leon Inlet Light - Wikipedia

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    In 1927 the name of Mosquito Inlet was changed to Ponce de Leon Inlet. The lighthouse was transferred from the abolished Lighthouse Service to the United States Coast Guard in 1939, which would oversee it for the next three decades. In 1970, the Coast Guard abandoned the old light station and established a new beacon at New Smyrna Beach. The ...

  3. Ponce de Leon Inlet - Wikipedia

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    The Ponce de Leon Inlet is a natural opening in the barrier islands in central Florida that connects the north end of the Mosquito Lagoon and the south end of the Halifax River to the Atlantic Ocean. The inlet originally was named Mosquito Inlet. In 1926 the Florida Legislature changed the name from Mosquito Inlet to Ponce de Leon Inlet.

  4. Watch these area live cams as Hurricane Ian approaches ... - AOL

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    Live web cameras around the Myrtle Beach area allow people to watch the beach as Hurricane Ian approaches S.C.

  5. Ponce Inlet, Florida - Wikipedia

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    The Ponce Inlet Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in Florida and the second tallest lighthouse in the nation. Visitors who climb the 175-foot-tall (53 m) lighthouse tower are treated to a view of the Florida coastline and Halifax River from Daytona Beach to New Smyrna Beach .

  6. As severe weather approaches the SC coast, watch these web ...

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    Live web cameras around the Myrtle Beach area allow people to watch as severe weather impacts the S.C. coast. As severe weather approaches the SC coast, watch these web cams in the Myrtle Beach ...

  7. How Jupiter is growing: Inlet Foundation offers plan to buy ...

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    The BLM owns and operates the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area nearby. The Congressional act that created the designation in 2008 allows it to expand and add adjacent land.

  8. Orville E. Babcock - Wikipedia

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    Mosquito Inlet Lighthouse The Mosquito Inlet Lighthouse project started in 1883, and Babcock was the supervising engineer. [ 109 ] [ 106 ] On June 2, 1884, Babcock and his associates were aboard the government schooner Pharos to deliver construction supplies when they became anxious to return to land because a sudden storm created hazardous ...

  9. Cape Canaveral Light - Wikipedia

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    The 16.5-foot (5.0 m) tall original 1st-order Fresnel lens of the Cape Canaveral lighthouse (left) on display at the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse Museum with the 1st-order Fresnel lens of the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light (right). Ownership of the lighthouse was transferred by the Coast Guard to the United States Air Force on December 14, 2000 ...