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The New Anclote Key #158569 09/15/03 06:46 PM
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Anclote Key, off the coast of Florida near Tarpon Springs, was relit as an active light this past Saturday. Here's a photo of the restored tower, from a visit to the Key on Saturday afternoon. It was also announced during the day that Anclote Key is no longer on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List.



And a picture of the new Keeper. The keeper's quarters are scheduled for completion in December, 2003.



Rick

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Looks good, Rick! Great picture!

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Thanks for the pic, Rick! Glad to see you visited the CF.

smile Bob smile

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Thanks for the pictures. Glad to hear the great news!


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Thanks for the photos Rick! Looks like Connie will have some two-legged company! Will she have to mix cement too??? wink

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Rick - Thanks for sharing these photos which show a wonderfully restored lighthouse. Last time we visited it there was rust and holes. Great job by all the lighthouse lovers who contributed to this restoration. MJ and I were planning to attend the relighting but just could not make it so these images are a treat. Congratulations Anclote Key!!!

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Rick,

Thanks for sharing the photos. Nice to hear that another light has been removed from the doomsday list.

Bert smile


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Re: The New Anclote Key #158576 09/20/03 08:10 PM
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Great photos! laugh

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I'm sure alot of you never saw Anclote Keys, and the state it was in pre-restoration. So here is a couple of pictures taken from the doorway looking in and showing the same areas (more or less) both pre- and post restoration.

Before


After


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Thanks Eric, smile for showing the before and after!

Judy


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There will be four (4) benches around the light
all in Memory of our own O"SEA BEE they are being
buildt as I send this.Two(2) from the Fourm Wacos
and two (2) from the Tampa Bay Harbour Lights
Collecors Club or TBHLCC as we like to say.


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Eric, your pictures sure show how much work has been done there. That is just great about the benches for "Oseabee"...Sure do miss his posts here.
Ruthie smile


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Thanks for the before and after shots Eric. Makes you appreciate the after more when you can see where things were when the project was started.


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Thanks for the photos. Amazing the transformation from before to after. A wonderful commentary on whats being done, but a sad one on what years of neglact have done to these beautiful sentinels.

Bert smile


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Re: The New Anclote Key #158583 09/24/03 01:43 AM
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Thanks for the good news and photos smile


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Looks like International Chimney did a wonderful job getting the light back into great shape! Thanks for sharing the pictures Rick & Eric. We also need to thank all the folks in the Tampa Bay Harbour Lights Collectors Club, who adopted this light and have done much of the prep / clean-up work around the light. Great job All!

Dave

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Wow! The stairs look great. I looked into Anclote last year before my wife and I went to Florida. The pictures on the web were pretty disturbing. It's wonderful to see the results of TBHLCC's hard work.


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