Crooked River Light

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Crooked River Light
Crooked River Light
Location:	near Carrabelle, Florida
Coordinates	29°49′39″N 84°42′04″W / 29.8275°N 84.70111°W / 29.8275; -84.70111
Year first lit:	1895
Automated:	1965
Deactivated:	1995
Foundation:	concrete
Construction:	iron
Tower shape:	square skeletal tower with stairway cylinder
Height:	tower, 100 feet; 115 above sea level
Original lens:	fourth order Fresnel lens
Range:	17 nm

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The Crooked River Light, also known as the Carrabelle Light, was built in 1895 to replace the Dog Island Light on Dog Island, which had been destroyed in 1875 by a hurricane. The location on the mainland allowed the light to serve as the rear range light for the channel to the west of Dog Island, used by ships in the lumber trade.

[edit] References

• U.S. Coast Guard Historic Light Station Information & Photography - Florida - accessed June 29, 2008
• National Park Service Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Florida Lighthouses - accessed January 16, 2006
• Florida Lighthouse Page - Crooked River Lighthouse History - accessed June 9, 2008
• Crooked River Lighthouse - Carrabelle Lighthouse Association - accessed November 3, 2009
• Crooked River Lighthouse - LighthouseFriends.com - accessed November 3, 2009
• Crooked River Lighthouse - City of Carrabelle - accessed November 3, 2009

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