Daufuskie Island Range Front

Type:
Year Established:
1873
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Daufuski Island Range Front
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1883
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Establishment
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Daufuskie Island
Latitude:
32° 8.21'
Longitude:
80° 49.56'
U.S. State:
South Carolina
Location County:
Beaufort
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1924
Year Tower Established:
1873
Tower Construction Material:
Wood
Tower Foundation:
Tabby cement
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
18ft
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
15ft.
Tower Shape:
Tower on keeper's dwelling
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1873
Other Structures:
Boathouse (1875)
Oil house (1892)
Cistern (1895)

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
6th Order Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1873
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018