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The Spindly Lights of Florida

By Kathleen Finnegan

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Crooked River - The lighthouse was built as a ...
Photo by: Harry Pettit

One of the more unique styles of lighthouses is the tall spindly lighthouses usually located off-shore in the middle of the water.

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Gasparilla Island Rear Range -This lighthouse ...
Photo by: Alan R. Headley

These lights are seen across the USA but they are predominantly in Florida, particularly the Keys. Here are a few of those incredible lighthouse structures that I find so very unique.

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Sanibel Island - The grounds are now open to the ...
Photo by: Alan Bot


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Anclote Key - The lighthouse was relighted on ...
Photo by: Tammy Wolfe


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Cape San Blas - The fourth lighthouse, the ...
Photo by: Selina D. Wood


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Hillsboro Inlet - Tours of this beautiful station ...
Photo by: Mary Hannah Clodfelter


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Fowey Rocks – This light, like its near twin ...
Photo by: Harry Pettit


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Sombrero Key – Another Florida light designed by ...
Photo by: Gayle & Dennis Stemac


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Carysfort Reef – The lighthouse, designed by ...
Photo by: Bob & Sandra Shanklin, The Lighthouse People.


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Alligator Reef – This was the most expensive reef ...
Photo by: Tom McGuire


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American Shoal – This near twin to Fowey Rocks ...
Photo by: Judith Trotter


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Sand Key – Badly damaged by fire in 1989, the ...
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This story appeared in the Mar/Apr 2011 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. The print edition contains more stories than our internet edition, and each story generally contains more photographs - often many more - in the print edition. For subscription information about the print edition, click here.

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