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Jupiter Inlet
Lighthouse Facts … First
lit July 10, 1860, west
construction brick, double
masonry walls, outer
conical, tapering from
31.5 inches (eight bricks
thick) at ground to 18
inches (three bricks thick)
at base of lantern. Inner
wall cylindrical and two
bricks thick throughout.
Circumference at base
is about 65 feet and at
top about 43 feet. Height
156-to 108-foot tower
on a 48-foot hill, natural
parabolic dune top with
a layer of shell. Focal
plane 146 feet. This is the
level at which the beam of
light is emitted. Steps 105 View of the Jupiter Lighthouse from a boat 1962 photo of the Lighthouse and Coast Guard
cast iron stairs spiraling in the Jupiter Inlet homes
counterclockwise around
a central iron column
with three landings. Optic
first order Fresnel lens,
manufactured in Paris
by Henry-Lepaute and
reputed to be the oldest
existing first order Fresnel
lens in Florida. Of the six
regular orders of lenses, the
first is the most powerful.
Lamp 1,000 watt, 120 volt,
GE quartz-iodine bulb
socketed in a lamp changer
with an identical spare.
The second bulb rotates The Fresnel lens, manufactured in Paris by Henry-Lepaute
into position and turns on whenever the first bulb fails. and reputed to be the oldest existing first order Fresnel lens
Range 24 miles. This is the distance that the light can be in Florida. Of the six regular orders of lenses, the first is the
seen on a ship at sea. most powerful. Lamp, 1,000 watt

View of the Jupiter Inlet with homes and businesses

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