{"id":1622,"date":"2025-02-13T17:39:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T22:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2025-02-13T17:39:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T22:39:43","slug":"cape-canaveral-lighthouse-throwback-thursday-to-1994-and-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=1622","title":{"rendered":"Cape Canaveral Lighthouse &#8211; Throwback Thursday to 1994 and 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lets go back to 1994 and see what the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse looked like before any restoration started on the Oil House and Lighthouse Keepers Quarters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cape Canaveral light was established in 1848 to warn ships of the dangerous shoals that lie off its coast of the East Coast of Florida. It is located inside the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and managed by the Space Launch Delta 45 of the US Space Force with the assistance of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lighthouse is 151 feet tall and contains 167 steps from its interior base to the height of its lamp room. It has five interior floors that are accessible by the stairway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lighthouse-map-Text.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/lighthouse-map-Text.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1404\\\" style=\\\"width:399px;height:auto\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\"><strong><em>The current location of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse <\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Image below is from 1994, over 30 years ago before any real restoration of the Oil House or Lighthouse Keepers Quarters began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P-22284-Adjusted-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/P-22284-Adjusted-694x1024.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1621\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\"><strong><em>Majestic overall view of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse.\u00a0 Photo also shows the roofless storage shed or Oil House.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast Forward to 2019 and a new Lighthouse Keepers House has been built. Below are several photos taken in 2019 during a warm October Sunrise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"\\&amp;quot;wp-block-gallery wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\\\">\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CC-LH-1-Sunrise-House-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CC-LH-1-Sunrise-House-1024x768.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1618\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CC-LH-1-Sunrise-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CC-LH-1-Sunrise-1024x677.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1619\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CC-LH-1-Sunrise-2-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CC-LH-1-Sunrise-2-1024x787.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1616\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CC-LH-1-Sunrise-3-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CC-LH-1-Sunrise-3-768x1024.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1617\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CC-LH-1-Window-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CC-LH-1-Window-768x1024.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1620\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lets go back to 1994 and see what the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse looked like before any restoration started on the Oil House and Lighthouse Keepers Quarters. The Cape Canaveral light was established in 1848 to warn ships of the dangerous shoals that lie off its coast of the East Coast of Florida. 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