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Volusia Bar Light

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Year first lit
  
1886

ARLHS number
  
USA-869

Opened
  
1886

Deactivated
  
1916

Construction
  
wood building

USCG number
  
3-8780

Year first constructed
  
1886

Foundation
  
screw piles

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Original lens
  
1886, fourth-order Fresnel lens; 1899, fifth-order Fresnel lens

Location
  
The inlet of the St. Johns River into Lake George, Florida

Tower shape
  
Square tower and lantern on roof of 1½ story wooden dwelling

Similar
  
Amelia Island North Ra, Dog Island Light, Northwest Passage Light, Charlotte Harbor Light, St Joseph Point Light

The Volusia Bar Light was a river lighthouse marking the inlet of the St. Johns River into the south end of Lake George, Florida.

History

The light was removed in 1916, but a foghorn remained active until 1943. The building was burned by vandals in 1974. The foundation pilings still show above the water.

The keeper, A. J. Anderson, was murdered in 1938. Mariners noticed that the light was unattended. His body was found floating face-down in the river after he had been missing for more than a week. An autopsy established that his neck had been broken. The lighthouse had been ransacked, and Anderson had apparently struggled with his attacker. The murder has never been solved.

References

Volusia Bar Light Wikipedia