Hen and Chickens Shoal Light

Nov. 1, 2019
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Hen and Chickens Shoal Light, southeast of Plantation Key, Florida Keys, Florida

HEN AND CHICKENS SHOAL LIGHT

Location: IN 19 FEET OF WATER, SOUTHEAST OF SHOAL, 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLANTATION KEY
Station Established: 1929
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1929
Operational: Yes
Automated: 1929
Deactivated: 
Tower Shape / Markings / Pattern: Red pointer and tank house on skeleton structure on piles
Height: 35-feet
Original lens: Range lens (acetylene gas, compressed)
Characteristic:  Flashing red, 3 seconds
Fog Signal: None