Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.
Alligator Reef Light is located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east of Indian Key near the Matecumbe Keys of Florida in the United States north of Alligator Reef itself. The station was established in 1873. It was automated in 1963 and is still operational. The structure is an iron-pile skeleton with a platform. The light is 136 feet (41 m) above the water. It is a white octagonal pyramid skeleton framework on black pile foundation enclosing a square dwelling and a stair-cylinder.
