current Egmont Key Light dates from 1858. It is the oldest structure in the Tampa Bay area still used for its original purpose. When the first Egmont Key Light...
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Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge and State Park is a National Wildlife Refuge and State Park located on the island of Egmont Key, at the mouth of Tampa...
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Fort De Soto Park (section South Bunces Key)
channel into Tampa Bay aided in the Union naval blockade of Tampa Bay. Egmont Key Light was not lit during the war due to the Confederate removal of essential...
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Historic Egmont Key Light is located in Tampa Bay, built in 1848 and commissioned by Col. Robert E. Lee. The island is on the National Register of Historic...
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coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys List of lighthouses in the United States List of lighthouses in the United...
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"Indian Key Historic State Park". State of Florida. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2012. "Lignumvitae Key State Botanical...
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The Garden Key Light, also known as the Tortuga Harbor Light, is located at Fort Jefferson, on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. The first lighthouse...
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Sand Key Light is a lighthouse 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) southwest of Key West, Florida, between Sand Key Channel and Rock Key Channel, two of the...
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serve as keeper of the Key West Light until the early 1860s, when she was fired at age 82 for making statements against the Union (Key West remained under...
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River Light, Egmont Key Light, Fort Barrancas Light, Fort McRee Light, Fort Point Light, Gasparilla Light, Horn Island Light, Mobile Point Light, Northwest...
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