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The lighthouse deteriorated after the light was automated in 1926, and was demolished in 1953. A skeletal tower was erected on the original pilings to hold the light. A new skeletal tower was built on new pilings in 1985, and the old tower and pilings were removed. The lantern from the old lighthouse
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481:"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Florida"
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Lighthouse Digest - Mystery of the
Lighthouse at Key Largo
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Florida
Lighthouse Page - Rebecca Shoal Lighthouse History
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69:Learn how and when to remove this message
553:List of lighthouses in the United States
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282:and 31 miles (50 km) east of the
814:Lighthouses in Monroe County, Florida
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38:it lacks sufficient corresponding
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829:1953 disestablishments in Florida
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412:Robert V. Hall - at least 1921
379:Charles H. Gardner 1896 – 1900
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809:Lighthouses completed in 1886
409:Thomas L. Kelly 1919 – ?
270:was located on a treacherous
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451:- retrieved January 31, 2006
397:Thomas M. Kelly 1910 – 1917
382:James R. Walker 1900 – 1902
376:William R. Cook 1895 – 1896
367:Francis McNulty 1889 – 1890
325:1919 Florida Keys Hurricane
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370:Robert J. Fine 1890 – 1893
323:throughout the years. The
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364:James Gardner 1888 – 1889
351:destroyed the new tower.
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406:Richard C. Roberts 1919
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669:Hen and Chickens Shoal
543:Lighthouses of Florida
290:Overview & History
400:Clifton H. Lopez 1917
361:Mark Gaze 1886 – 1888
152:24.57833°N 82.58500°W
709:Ponce de Leon Inlet
415:Alonzo Baker – 1925
268:Rebecca Shoal Light
202:66 feet (20 m)
157:24.57833; -82.58500
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500:Sailing Directions
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739:Smith Shoal
654:Fowey Rocks
634:Dames Point
347:. In 2004,
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130:Coordinates
51:introducing
803:Categories
659:Garden Key
649:Egmont Key
639:Dog Island
443:References
321:hurricanes
177:screw-pile
173:Foundation
143:82°35′06″W
140:24°34′42″N
119:Garden Key
81:Lighthouse
34:references
769:St. Marks
704:Pensacola
614:Cedar Key
345:Key Largo
336:Valbanera
224:First lit
191:Automated
59:July 2024
754:St Johns
729:Sand Key
684:Key West
503:Archived
491:June 30,
458:Archived
117:East of
114:Location
355:Keepers
332:steamer
329:Spanish
314:⁄
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551:Main:
274:bank,
199:Height
36:, but
421:Notes
272:coral
219:Light
207:Shape
168:Tower
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266:The
240:Lens
235:1953
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