This week in history: Jupiter Lighthouse relighted

The Jupiter Lighthouse was deactivated during the Civil War to allow Confederate blockade runners to slip though the inlet undetected by Union patrols. On June 28, 1866, the lighthouse was relighted, and save for hurricanes and a brief electrical problem in the late 1980s, it didn’t go dark again until the 1999 renovation.

Steamer passing in front of the Jupiter Lighthouse in 1894. (Photo courtesy of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County)

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