Carysfort Reef Lighthouse - Florida

Carysfort Reef Lighthouse was illuminated in March 1852. Using a marine construction technique developed by English Engineer Alexander Mitchell, George Gordon Meade anchored Carysfort Lighthouse's nine iron legs to the reef by means of hugh flanged feet inserted through stablizing discs. A keeper's house was built into the tower 33 feet the above water, and a central stair cylinder led to the lantern 112 feet above the sea.