page_title: Cape Canaveral Light
section_title: Restoration
hierarchical_section_title: Cape Canaveral Light / Restoration
caption_attribution_description: English: Cape Canaveral Light, a lighthouse in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Originally located at File:Capecanaverallh.jpg on the English Wikipedia.
context_page_description: The Cape Canaveral Light is a historic lighthouse on the east coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The light was established in 1848 to warn ships of the dangerous shoals that lie off its coast. It is located inside the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and managed by the 45th Space Wing of the U.S. Air Force with the assistance of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation. It is the only fully operational lighthouse that is owned by the United States Air Force.
  The current 151-foot lighthouse tower was first erected and lit in 1868 then relocated further inland between 1893-1894. It was originally equipped with a first-order Fresnel lens that was automated in 1967 and then retired from the tower in 1993.
context_section_description: Since toxic lead paint was used to paint the lighthouse, a restoration project from 1995-1996 sandblasted the harmful paint off.  The original copper lantern was also replaced with a galvanized steel lantern and was made into a lighthouse gazebo at the grounds of the Air Force Space and Missile Museum at Launch Complex 26 inside the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.  A plaque mounted on a podium made from bricks of the 1848 lighthouse, was built to commemorate its dedication in October 1997.
  In 2003, the oil house located in front of the ground floor door was restored to its original (1890s) state.  Strong winds had damaged the roof in the 1970s.  A window that was added to the brick structure in the early 1900s was also covered up during restoration.
  During the 2006-2007 project, the structure was repainted using modern materials. The original copper lantern was repaired and restored to the lighthouse.  The displaced galvanized steel lantern took its place at the lighthouse gazebo leaving just the original copper vent ball on its top.  Ground sample tests taken in 2008 showed a very high level of lead in the soil around the tower, and visitors were kept 50 yards (46 m) away from the lighthouse for some time.
caption: The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse in 1995 before restoration.
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