Throwback Thursday – The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse in 1951
Travel back in time to The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse – located on the eastern shore of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Lighthouse is the oldest standing structure in the Cape. The first lighthouse completed in Jan. 1848 stood 65-feet tall, had a 55 foot tower and a 10-foot lantern room equipped with 15 lamps on 21-inch reflectors. A state-of-the-art, 151-foot iron tower was erected in 1868 and topped with a 1st Order Fresnel lens.
April 23, 1951 – The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse
Date: 04/23/51
I was able to obtain this photo above from the NASA Historical Office while working at the Kennedy Space Center.
Fast Forward Sixty Years – Lets visit the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse in 2011
As we were nearing the end of The Space Shuttle Program I decided to ride my mountain bike to as many of the old Launch Complexes as possible, usually starting out at the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse. I took these photos on a beautiful April afternoon in 2011.
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".