ISLAMORADA (CBSMiami/FKNB) - The iconic Alligator Reef Lighthouse, an almost 150-year-beacon that kept maritime traffic clear of perilous coral reefs off the Florida Keys, is to be acquired by an ...

ISLAMORADA, Fla. (AP) — A 150-year-old beacon that helped guide ships through the treacherous Florida Keys coral reefs before GPS, sonar and other technology made it obsolete is shining again as part ...

ISLAMORADA, FLA. (WSVN) - A project aimed at preserving the past got the green light in the Keys. A community-based organization will be restoring the iconic Alligator Reef Lighthouse in Islamorada.

Alligator Reef Lighthouse is named after the USS Alligator, a U.S. Navy schooner that ran aground on the reef in 1822 and sank, and five other aging lighthouses off the Keys were important maritime ...

Fittingly, Rob Dixon was dockside on the waters of the Florida Keys when he learned that he and others had a shot at restoring a piece of maritime history. That’s the Alligator Reef Lighthouse, which ...