Alligator Reef Lighthouse in Islamorada, Florida

Alligator Reef Lighthouse was established in 1873, automated in 1963 and still operational today. The structure is an iron-pile skeleton with a platform. The light is 136 feet above the water. It is a white octagonal pyramid skeleton framework on black pile foundation, enclosing a square dwelling and a stair-cylinder. The lantern is black. The original lens was a first order bivalve Fresnel lens.

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Cool!!

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🤔...wheres the Gators?

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Any gators 🐊??