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Tybee Island Lighthouse and Museum
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LocationTybee Island, Georgia
Coordinates32°01′20″N 80°50′44″W / 32.02223°N 80.84566°W / 32.02223; -80.84566
Tower
Constructed1736
FoundationStone and timber
ConstructionBrick
Automated1972
Height144 feet (44 m)
ShapeOctagonal
Markingslower 50 feet (15 m) black, upper part white; lantern, black
Light
First lit1867
Focal height44 m (144 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Lens1791:Oil lamps; 1867:First order Fresnel lens
Range16 nautical miles; 29 kilometres (18 mi)
CharacteristicFixed white

Tybee Island Light is a lighthouse next to the Savannah River Entrance, on the northeast end of Tybee Island, Georgia. It is one of seven surviving colonial era lighthouse towers, though highly modified in the mid 1800s.[1]

  1. ^ "The Second Daymark". Tybee Island Historical Society. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2013.

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