HARBOUR LIGHTS 2005 SAND KEY FLORIDA FL HL 288

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Harbour Lights Award Winning Collectible Lighthouses Sand Key, Florida HL288 in MINT condition with original packaging and all original paperwork including Certificate of Authenticity! You are bidding on the Sand Key, Florida Lighthouse (code HL288). This piece is numbered 2042 and was limited to an edition of 4000 in total. It measures approximately 9" tall and is meticulously crafted to the Harbour Lights standard. It was announced on January 1, 2005 and is due to be retired. This item retails for $125.00. The piece has not been displayed and was only removed from its original packaging to photograph for this auction. Lying near the Southwest Channel, one of the channels from the Gulf Stream into Key West, the Sand Key Lighthouse has warned mariners of the treacherous reef for almost 150 years. The first lighthouse, built by the federal government in 1827, was a brick tower constructed on the sandy island. A hurricane in 1846 destroyed the lighthouse and the keeper, a woman, and her family. A lightship served the area until 1853 when a 109' screwpile structure, the second one in the Keys, replaced the first lighthouse. Seventeen ironscrew piles driven 10' into the reef and strengthened by cross members give the structure solid footing. Large, square, iron foot-plates rest on top of the reef. Keepers lived in a one-story, 38 read more