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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Notes:
This lighthouse is within Biscayne National Park. For information about boating and other activities in the park, call (305) 230-7275. The Dante Fascell Visitor Center at Convoy Point is located nine miles east of Homestead on S.W. 328th Street (North Canal Drive), adjacent to Homestead Bayfront Park and Marina.
Description of Tower: Cast iron skeletal tower with integral keeper's quarters.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1878
Date Present Tower Built: 1878
Date Automated: 1974
Optics: 1878: First order Fresnel lens; now VRB-25, solar powered.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
The lighthouse can be seen very distantly from the area near Cape Florida Light; it is accessible by boat or plane only.
Keepers: Mike Scanlon (Coast Guard, 1961), Marcus Hagan (Coast Guard, c. 1961), Tom Bohannon (Coast Guard, c. 1961)
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