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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is home to the Cape Canaveral Light a lighthouse built circa 1868 and now owned by the U.S. Air Force.

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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida is home to the historic Cape Canaveral Light, a lighthouse built circa 1868 and now owned by the U.S. Air Force.

The first lighthouse on Cape Canaveral was built near the tip of the Cape in 1848. The structure was only about 60 feet high with a rather dim light powered by whale oil. In 1859, work began nearby on a new, taller iron structure. Construction was halted during the Civil War, and the lighthouse was not finished until 1868. The structure, with a brick lining inside its iron exterior, was painted with its "daymark" black and white horizontal bands in 1873 to make it easier to identify during the day as a navigation point. Between 1892 and 1894, the lighthouse was dismantled and moved to a new location about a mile from the coast, where it stands today. For more information on the lighthouse, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/history/lighthouse.html. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

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  • Title: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is home to the Cape Canaveral Light a lighthouse built circa 1868 and now owned by the U.S. Air Force.
  • Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
  • Owner: KSC
  • Album: cbabir
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