Knowledge & Nibbles – Anclote Key Lighthouse: A Historical Monument Three Miles Offshore
Heritage Museum 100 Beekman Lane, Tarpon Springs, FL, United StatesThree miles offshore of Tarpon Springs stands a historic sentinel, the Anclote Lighthouse. Built in 1887, the same year Tarpon Springs was founded, it is 110 feet tall and designed with a skeleton architecture to allow storm winds and surges to blow through. The structure itself is made of cast iron to withstand the salty…