Morris Island Range Rear

Year Established:
1902
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
png (image/png)
Photo Date:
1893.02.20
Photo Credit:
RG 26-LG-28-39A
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Morris Island south end
Latitude:
32° 41.32'
Longitude:
79° 53.13'
U.S. State:
South Carolina
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Morris Island Range Rear
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Disposition:
Destroyed
Year Tower Established:
1902
Tower Construction Material:
Wood
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
52
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
52
Tower Shape:
Pyramidal
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
Reflector
Year Original Lens Installed:
1902
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

Tower proposed in 1837 not built until 1902.


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