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27: 1366: 213: 189: 28: 38: 970: 440: 357:, the largest of the Anclote Keys. It is a skeletal square pyramidal tower, painted brown, with a black lantern. After the lighthouse was automated in 1952 the tower and other buildings at the site were often vandalized, interfering with the operation of the light. The Coast Guard determined that the light was no longer needed and deactivated it in 1984. The site was eventually turned over to the State of 1599: 1542: 426: 1373: 378: 1482: 1428: 1418: 1175: 1165: 1675: 1660: 1355: 1295: 1270: 1255: 1235: 1315: 1310: 1185: 1160: 1125: 1065: 1665: 1549: 1325: 1305: 1300: 1280: 1250: 1155: 1140: 1115: 1105: 1085: 1045: 1001: 1345: 1340: 1265: 1220: 1215: 1210: 1180: 1120: 1110: 1080: 1060: 1055: 1050: 1030: 1408: 1350: 1330: 1320: 1290: 1260: 1245: 1240: 1230: 1225: 1170: 1150: 1145: 1130: 1090: 1070: 1413: 1335: 1275: 1100: 1095: 1035: 1285: 1205: 1200: 1190: 1135: 1075: 1195: 1040: 1392: 994: 1014: 987: 1685: 1387: 1526: 1583: 1451: 1446: 1690: 714: 1423: 1636: 489: 1519: 81: 1576: 954: 919: 899: 879: 869: 849: 804: 733: 460: 1492: 1695: 1670: 1456: 1655: 1680: 1512: 1010: 707: 537: 287: 361:
and added to Anclote Key Preserve State Park. As of 2003 the lighthouse has been restored and relighted using a reproduction fourth-order
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property in Pinellas County, Florida on the National Register of Historic Places
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Anclote Keys Lighthouse when it was still manned (by U.S. Coast Guard archives)
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This article relating to a United States lighthouse is a
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McCarthy, Kevin M. (1990). "Anclote Key Lighthouse".
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Anclote Key
Tarpon Springs
Florida
United States
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28°10′1.3″N 82°50′41.0″W / 28.167028°N 82.844722°W / 28.167028; -82.844722
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Anclote Key
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