CARRABELLE, Fla. — A light in the storm.

A 1894 Fresnel lens once sat atop Crooked River Lighthouse , sending out a beacon reaching 16 miles from shore.

The French-made lens is made up of concentric glass rings to amplify the light.

It sits in the lighthouse museum, a recreation of the lightkeeper’s house.

What You Need To Know • Florida on a Tankful visits Crooked River Lighthouse in Carrabelle, Fla. • Restored in 2007, visitors can visit the museum — a recreated Lightkeeper's house — and climb the 103 foot tall lighthouse • The skeletal structure, nicknamed the Iron Giant • MAP: View more Florida on a Tankful locations

“Usually, there was a husband and wife,” explained the museum’s Lori Gilbertson. “The husbands, of course, would keep the light going at night. They’d have to

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