Volusia Bar Light

Infobox_Lighthouse


caption = The Volusia Bar Light in 1915, the year before it was deactivated.
location = The inlet of the St. Johns River into Lake George, Florida
coordinates = coord|29|12|24|N|81|34|46|W|type:landmark_region:US-FL
yearlit = 1886
automated =
yeardeactivated = 1916
foundation = screw piles
construction = wood building
shape = Square tower and lantern on roof of 1 1/2 story wooden dwelling
height =
lens = 1886, fourth-order Fresnel lens; 1899, fifth-order Fresnel lens
range =
characteristic =The Volusia Bar Light was a river lighthouse marking the inlet of the St. Johns River into the south end of Lake George, Florida. The light was removed in 1916, but a foghorn remained active until 1943. The building was burned by vandals in 1974. The foundation pilings still show above the water. The keeper, A. J. Anderson, was murdered in 1938. Mariners noticed that the light was unattended. His body was found floating face-down in the river after he had been missing for more than a week. An autopsy established that his neck had been broken. The lighthouse had been ransacked, and Anderson had apparently struggled with his attacker. The murder has never been solved.

References

* [http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=1612 Lighthouses at Lighthouse Depot - Volusia Bar Light] - retrieved February 27 2006
*Gnis|307803|Volusia Bar - retrieved February 27 2006
* [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/fl.htm Florida Lighthouses - Volusia Bar] - retrieved February 27 2006