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<references/>{{refend}} ==External links==*[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]{{reflist}}
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The '''Pensacola LightLighthouse''' is the official designation of the (or '''Pensacola LighthouseLight''', ) is a 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.
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. 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> However, in [[2008]], tours were reinstated by the [[Pensacola Lighthouse Association]], which offers tours on Saturdays between May and October, including allowing visitors to climb the 177 steps to the top.<ref>[http://www.pnj.com/article/20090104/NEWS01/901040329/1006/RSS01 A guiding light] - Pensacola News Journal, January 4, 2009</ref>
==ReferencesOther images==<gallery>Image:PLight.jpg|circa [[1905]]</gallery>
==External links & eferences==
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*[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]
*<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.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
[[Category:Naval Air Station]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places]]
