Port Boca Grande Lighthouse - Boca Grande, Florida, USA
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BoomersOTR
N 26° 43.041 W 082° 15.652
17R E 374585 N 2955750
Then and now photos of the lighthouse at Boca Grande pass.
Waymark Code: WM103HT
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/19/2019
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The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse was originally named the Gasparilla Island Light Station or the Gasparilla Island Light by the U.S. Lighthouse Service in 1890 when it was built. Today it is known as the Port Boca Grande Lighthouse and its sister lighthouse, erected in 1927 is now called the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse.
The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse first lit on December 31, 1890 is a two story frame dwelling raised on iron screw-piles, with the lantern placed in a cupola at the peak of the roof. The keeper lived in the lighthouse. A similar house without the lantern room was built next door to it for the assistant lighthouse keeper as a dwelling.
Year photo was taken: 1890
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