Lighthouse at Egmont Key

Alternative Title

Light House, Egmont Key

Creator

Charles H. Stokes

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Creation Date

January 1893

Time Period

circa 1893-1895

Abstract

The lighthouse located at Egmont Key on the west coast of Florida is pictured. A view along the route of the Sanford and St. Petersburg Railroad.

Keywords

Lighthouses

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Geographic Location

Pinellas County (Fla.); Egmont Key (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Stokes Collection of Florida Plant Railway Photographs

Box

1

Digital Date

2021

Media Type

Black-and-white photographs

Note

The first Egmont Key Lighthouse was built in 1848 - at the time, the only lighthouse on the Gulf coast of Florida between Key West and St. Marks on Apalachee Bay. It was heavily damaged by hurricanes in September 1848 and 1852. It was reconstructed in 1858, and is the oldest structure in the Tampa Bay area still used for its original purpose. It was updated in 1944 and automated in 1990.

Egmont Key was named by surveyor George Gauld for John Perceval, second Earl of Egmont and First Lord of the Admiralty.

Identifier

S54-040

Recommended Citation

Stokes, Charles H., "Lighthouse at Egmont Key" (1893). Stokes Collection of Florida Plant Railway Photographs. Image 29.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/stokes/29