{"id":350,"date":"2023-03-09T10:17:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=350"},"modified":"2023-03-09T10:17:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:17:06","slug":"ill-be-posting-at-least-one-photograph-a-day-of-the-cape-canaveral-lighthouse-or-cape-canaveral-launch-sites-starting-in-march-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=350","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ll be posting at least one photograph a day of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse or Cape Canaveral Launch Sites starting in March of 2023."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As you approach the Cape Canaveral lighthouse you are greeted by a long gravel-shell walkway and the first thing you reach is a small monument that gives a brief description of the lighthouse. It reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\\&#8221;<strong><em>Originally constructed in 1868 overlooking the Cape Canaveral Beach. Due to shoreline erosion, the lighthouse<br>was dismantled and moved 1 1\/2 miles inland in early 1890\\&#8217;s. In July 1894, the light was relit at the new location<\/em><\/strong>\\&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These photos were take on June 1st, 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For over 20 years I have been stopping by and photographing the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse and Historic Launch Sites at Cape Canaveral.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Some basic facts about the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First constructed in 1848, a small brick lighthouse was located at the tip of Cape Canaveral. Itx` was replaced in 1868 with the current iron lighthouse and is located one mile inland on Cape Canaveral, Florida.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current coordinates are 28\u00b027\u203237.26\u2033N \u2013 80\u00b032\u203236.42\u2033W and it is currently active.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 1893 and 1894 it was moved one mile inland to avoid flooding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The tower height is 151 feet with 176 stairs and the optics from 1868 to 1993 were a 1st Order Fresnel Lens. The tower shape is a Conical tower with a balcony and lantern room.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/2023\/03\/LH-June-1-2018_2-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LH-June-1-2018_2-768x1024.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-349\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">Approaching the lighthouse &#8211; the long path.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LH-June-1-2018-3-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LH-June-1-2018-3-768x1024.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-347\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">The Monument with information about the lighthouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LH-June-1-2018-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LH-June-1-2018-1024x759.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-348\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">The Monument with information about the lighthouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LH-Jne-1-2018-4-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LH-Jne-1-2018-4-768x1024.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-346\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">Another view of the lighthouse that day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you approach the Cape Canaveral lighthouse you are greeted by a long gravel-shell walkway and the first thing you reach is a small monument that gives a brief description of the lighthouse. It reads: \\&#8221;Originally constructed in 1868 overlooking the Cape Canaveral Beach. Due to shoreline erosion, the lighthousewas dismantled and moved 1 1\/2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}