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This brick tower, the second Key West Lighthouse, was completed in 1848 and was sixty-eight feet tall. In 1894 twenty feet was added to the tower, making it visible to sailors for fifteen miles. In 1969 the Coast Guard decommissioned the light because it was no longer needed to guide ships to Key West Harbor. The Key West Lighthouse opened to the public as a museum in 1972.
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Key West, Florida · United States
