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Photo, Print, Drawing Fort Jefferson Lighthouse.

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Title

  • Fort Jefferson Lighthouse.

Summary

  • This photograph shows Fort Jefferson Lighthouse, one of 30 historic lighthouses in the state of Florida. The origins of the structure go back to 1825, when a 65-foot (20-meter) tower was completed at Bush Key (now known as Garden Key) in the Dry Tortugas and fitted with a light consisting of 23 lamps in 14-inch (35-centimeter) reflectors. Construction of Fort Jefferson began in 1847. The fort covered the entire island and incorporated the lighthouse in its south wall. In 1856 a taller lighthouse was constructed, and in 1858 the Garden Key light's lens was installed on a newer lighthouse on nearby Loggerhead Key after sailors complained that the Garden Key light was too far from the surrounding reefs to be effective. Garden Key was reduced to being a harbor light with a much weaker lens. It was damaged by a hurricane in 1873 and replaced by a new tower built of boiler plate on top of the fort's walls, the structure shown here. Fort Jefferson was a military installation and prison that once housed the conspirators convicted of killing President Abraham Lincoln. It is now part of Dry Tortugas National Park.

Names

  • McDonald, Dale M., 1949-2007 Photographer.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1986-07.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Florida--Garden Key
  • -  1986
  • -  Coast defenses
  • -  Forts and fortifications
  • -  Lighthouses
  • -  Slides

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 slide: color.
  • -  Original resource at: State Library and Archives of Florida.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Dale M. McDonald Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669925

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Mcdonald, Dale M., Photographer. Fort Jefferson Lighthouse. Florida Garden Key United States of America, 1986. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -07] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669925/.

APA citation style:

McDonald, D. M. (1986) Fort Jefferson Lighthouse. Florida Garden Key United States of America, 1986. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -07] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669925/.

MLA citation style:

Mcdonald, Dale M., Photographer. Fort Jefferson Lighthouse. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -07] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669925/>.