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| − | + | '''Pensacola Light''' is the official designation of the '''Pensacola Lighthouse''', located west of [[Fort Barrancas]] on the grounds of [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]]. | |
The first Pensacola Light was the [[Wikipedia:lightship|lightship]] ''Aurora Borealis''. It was moved to Pensacola in [[1823]] from its previous post at the mouth of the Mississippi River after a lighthouse had been completed there. Because of frequent rough seas, the lightship had to be anchored inside the bay entrance, behind [[Santa Rosa Island]], and could not reliably be seen from ships outside the bay. | The first Pensacola Light was the [[Wikipedia:lightship|lightship]] ''Aurora Borealis''. It was moved to Pensacola in [[1823]] from its previous post at the mouth of the Mississippi River after a lighthouse had been completed there. Because of frequent rough seas, the lightship had to be anchored inside the bay entrance, behind [[Santa Rosa Island]], and could not reliably be seen from ships outside the bay. | ||
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Confederate forces later evacuated Pensacola, and were replaced by Union forces. In [[1863]] the Pensacola Light was relit using a fourth-order Fresnel lens. A new first-order lens was placed in the tower in [[1869]]. The tower was all white during the Civil War. Later, the upper two-thirds of the tower was painted black. Electricity was introduced to the lighthouse in 1939, eliminating the need to rewind the light rotation clockworks every 4 1/2 hours. the light was automated in [[1965]]. The lighthouse tower and associated buildings were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in [[1974]]. | Confederate forces later evacuated Pensacola, and were replaced by Union forces. In [[1863]] the Pensacola Light was relit using a fourth-order Fresnel lens. A new first-order lens was placed in the tower in [[1869]]. The tower was all white during the Civil War. Later, the upper two-thirds of the tower was painted black. Electricity was introduced to the lighthouse in 1939, eliminating the need to rewind the light rotation clockworks every 4 1/2 hours. the light was automated in [[1965]]. The lighthouse tower and associated buildings were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in [[1974]]. | ||
| − | The [[Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 17]] gave tours of the lighthouse until 2006, but announced in May [[2007]] that they were cancelling tower tours for liability reasons.<ref>[http://pnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070502/NEWS01/705020332/1006 Lighthouse cancels tours] - Pensacola News Journal, May 2, 2007 | + | The [[Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 17]] gave tours of the lighthouse until 2006, but announced in May [[2007]] that they were cancelling tower tours for liability reasons. The [[Navy Command Display Center]], which includes the lighthouse grounds and keeper's quarters, will still host Sunday tours between May and October annually.<ref>[http://pnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070502/NEWS01/705020332/1006 Lighthouse cancels tours] - Pensacola News Journal, May 2, 2007</ref> |
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| − | ==External links | + | *<cite style="font-style:normal" id="Reference-McCarthy-1990">McCarthy, Kevin M. (1990). ''Florida Lighthouses'', Paintings by William L. Trotter, [[Gainesville, Florida]]: [[University of Florida]] Press. ISBN 0-8130-0982-0.</cite> |
| − | + | *[http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/pensa.htm National Park Service Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Florida Lighthouses] - retrieved [[February 3]] [[2006]] | |
| + | *[http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHFL.html U.S. Coast Guard Historic Light Station Information & Photography - Florida] - retrieved [[February 3]] [[2006]] | ||
| + | *[http://users.erols.com/lthouse/phs.htm Pensacola Lighthouse History] - retrieved [[February 3]] [[2006]] | ||
| + | *[http://arlhs.com/awards/U_list.html AMATEUR RADIO LIGHTHOUSE SOCIETY - List of Lighthouse Coordinates] - retrieved [[February 3]] [[2006]] | ||
| + | *[http://www.lhdigest.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=3339 Lighthouse Depot - Pensacola Bar Beacon] - retrieved [[February 7]] [[2006]] | ||
| + | *[http://www.pensacolaauxiliary.com Pensacola Lighthouse Tours] - retrieved [[June 15]] [[2006]] | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
*[http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.fl0057 Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)] Survey number HABS FL-147 | *[http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.fl0057 Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)] Survey number HABS FL-147 | ||
*[http://www.pensacolaauxiliary.com U.S. Coast Guard, Pensacola Auxillary] | *[http://www.pensacolaauxiliary.com U.S. Coast Guard, Pensacola Auxillary] | ||
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