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Name Image Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Bloody Point Range Front Light: N/A Daufuskie Island: N/A 1883 Never 1922 (Preserved) None Unknown Bloody Point Range Rear Light: N/A Daufuskie Island: N/A 1883 (First) 1899 (Last) Never 1922 (Removed) None 81 ft (25 m) (Original rear range ...
Articles about lighthouses in the U.S. state of South Carolina. For a manually maintained list, complete with yet-to-be-written articles, see Lighthouses in the United States . Subcategories
Pages in category "Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0. Penrod, John, Lighthouses of Michigan, (Berrien Center, Michigan: Penrod/Hiawatha, 1998) ISBN 978-0-942618-78-5 ISBN 9781893624238.
The Morris Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Morris Island in South Carolina. The light stands on the southern side of the entrance to Charleston Harbor, north of the City of Folly Beach. [2] [3] At 161 ft (49 m), it is the tallest lighthouse in South Carolina. [4] The lighthouse was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
The short, conical, brick lighthouse was 87 1 ⁄ 2 feet tall. Its red stationary light was fitted with 11 lamps and 21 inch reflectors. This lighthouse was a functional disappointment because the red, whale oil wick lamp could not be seen beyond 9–14 nautical miles. Today it is one of the few remaining lighthouses of its period in the U.S.
Georgetown Light is an active light on North Island at the entrance to Winyah Bay southeast of Georgetown, South Carolina. [2] [3] [4] The light is maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard, and the lighthouse is now under the control of State of South Carolina as part of the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center Heritage Preserve.
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina, United States. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects according to a list of criteria of national significance. [ 1 ]