page_title: Unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys
section_title: Pulaski Shoal Light
hierarchical_section_title: Unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys / 1932 Design / Pulaski Shoal Light
context_page_description: The unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys were erected between 1921 and 1935. As they were marking local hazards, they did not need to be visible for as far as the reef lights that were erected during the 19th century. By the time these lights were erected, older lighthouses were being automated, and these new lights were designed to be automated from the start. The lights resembled the older reef lights in having a skeletal pyramidal upper structure on screw-pile foundations. They all originally had lanterns on their peaks, so that they looked like smaller versions of the older reef lights, but had no keeper's quarters.
context_section_description: The Pulaski Shoal Light was one of the two lights to be erected in 1935 using the 1932 design. It stood in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water and was painted black. As of September 2017, the NOAA National Data Buoy Center depicts an active automated weather station at this location, but no light.
caption: Pulaski Shoal Light
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