Alternate Name(s):
Castle Pinckney
Type:
Year Established:
1855
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1861
Photo Credit:
Frank Leslie's weekly
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Folly Island/Charleston Harbor
Latitude:
32° 46.25'
Longitude:
79° 54.39'
City / Town:
Charleston
U.S. State:
South Carolina
Location County:
Charleston County
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1917
Disposition:
Destroyed
Year Tower Established:
1855
Tower Construction Material:
Wood Frame
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
51 ft.
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
45 Feet
Tower Shape:
Pyramidal
Tower Daymark:
Black
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
5th Order Fresnel Lens
Year Original Lens Installed:
1855
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018