Cape Canaveral Lighthouse – Throwback Thursday 2013
On many of my drives home from The Cape I would detour our to the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse for some early afternoon photos.
These were taken on June 18th at 5:45 in the afternoon.
A couple quick facts about the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse:
- Erected in 1868, the Lighthouse is 151 feet tall.
- The Lighthouse is topped with a 1st Order Fresnel lens.
- Due to storm surge in 1871, the Lighthouse was moved inland in 1893 and 1894 to its current location.
- In 1939 the Coast Guard took ownership.
- In 2000 stewardship was transferred to the 45th Space Wing, Patrick Air Force Base.
About the Author and Photographer: Alden Pitard has over 40 years experience working in the Aerospace Industry at Cape Canaveral, The Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Boeing locations throughout the country. He has supported the Space Shuttle Program, International Space Station, 787 Dreamliner and most recently the Artemis Program. During his time at "The Cape" he photographed a majority of the Launch Sites at KSC and Cape Canaveral. As the Space Shuttle program was coming to a close in 2011, the author decided to bike to all the Launch Complexes he could and capture the Space Center and Cape Canaveral as it was - thus "Biking through Space Ruins".