Amelia Island North Range Light
The Amelia Island North Range Light was built to mark a channel over the sandbar at the mouth of the St. Mary's River, which led to the harbor at Fernandina Beach, Florida, on Amelia Island. It consisted of a lighthouse and a front range tower with a light, arranged so that when ships could see one light above the other, they were lined up with the channel. During the Civil War Confederate forces removed the lenses from the lights. Union forces seized Fernandina Beach, Fort Clinch and the lighthouse in 1862.
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Amelia Island North Range Light
The Amelia Island North Range Light was built to mark a channel over the sandbar at the mouth of the St. Mary's River, which led to the harbor at Fernandina Beach, Florida, on Amelia Island. It consisted of a lighthouse and a front range tower with a light, arranged so that when ships could see one light above the other, they were lined up with the channel. During the Civil War Confederate forces removed the lenses from the lights. Union forces seized Fernandina Beach, Fort Clinch and the lighthouse in 1862.
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The Amelia Island North Range ...... 24, but has since disappeared.
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The 1872 Amelia Island North Range Lighthouse
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Sixth order Fresnel lens
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white tower and lantern
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square parallelepiped tower with balcony and lantern atop keeper's house
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yearlit
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The Amelia Island North Range ...... ch and the lighthouse in 1862.
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Amelia Island North Range Light
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