Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
by D Hackett
Title
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
Artist
D Hackett
Medium
Photograph - Digital
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Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse by D Hackett
Floridas second orange lighthouse is The Jupiter Inlet Light is located in Jupiter, Florida, on the north side of the Jupiter Inlet. The site for the lighthouse was chosen in 1853. It is located between Cape Canaveral Light and Hillsboro Inlet Light.
The lighthouse was built on a hill once thought to be an Indian shell mound or midden (and sometimes falsely rumored to be a burial mound), but which is now determined to be a natural parabolic sand dune. The top of the 105-foot tower is 153 feet above sea level. The light can be seen 24 nautical miles at sea. The lighthouse structure is brick with double masonry walls. The outer wall is conical, tapering from 31.5 inches (800 mm) (eight bricks thick) at ground level to 18 inches, three bricks thick, at base of lantern. The inner wall is cylindrical and two bricks thick throughout. Circumference at base is about and at the top about 43 feet. The lighthouse was painted red in 1910 to cover discoloration caused by humidity. Hurricane Jeanne in 2004 sandblasted the paint from the upper portion of the tower, and the tower was repainted using a potassium silicate mineral coating.
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January 21st, 2017
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