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GEORGETOWN LIGHT

State: SOUTH CAROLINA
Location: NORTH ISLAND / WINYAH BAY ENTRANCE
Nearest City: GEORGETOWN
County: GEORGETOWN
U.S.C.G. District: 7
Year Station Established: 1812

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1812
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1986
Foundation Materials: RUBBLESTONE CAISSON
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 87
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1855
Present Optic: VRB-25, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1999
Height of Focal Plane: 85
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FIFTH ORDER FRESNEL LENS ON DISPLAY AT USCG STATION GEORGETOWN
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DEMOLISHED)

Year Constructed:
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: CAPE COD
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: NONE; ORIG. OIL HOUSE (1890), BOATHOUSE (1894)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #74001857
Name of Listing: GEORGETOWN LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
EARLY FEDERAL LIGHTHOUSE

Last Modified: Wed, Mar 06 2002 9:58:02 am EDT
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