Bulls Bay

Year Established:
1852
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1879
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society

LOCATION

Location:
North End Of Bull's Island
Latitude:
32° 65.2'
Longitude:
79° 33.44'
U.S. State:
South Carolina
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Bulls Bay
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1913
Year Tower Established:
1852
Tower Construction Material:
Iron
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
49
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
35
Tower Shape:
Cylinder
Tower Daymark:
Brown
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
Wooden Frame
Other Structures:
Storage Building

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
Fourth Order, Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1856
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

1852 (BRICK TOWER ON KEEPERS DWELLING), LANTERN DESTROYED 1862/STATION REESTABLISHED 1868, 1900


Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018