SAPELO ISLAND Range Rear

Year Established:
1820
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2013
Photo Credit:
Candace Clifford
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
SOUTH END SAPELO ISLAND
Latitude:
31 23.28'
Longitude:
81 17.07'
City / Town:
DARIEN
U.S. State:
Georgia
Location County:
MCINTOSH
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
Yes
Light List Data:
  1. SAPELO ISLAND Range Rear
  2. SAPELO ISLAND Range Rear
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1899-1998
Year Tower Established:
1820
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
100
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
97
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Tower Daymark:
White later Red and White Stripes
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1820
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
Other Structures:
BRICK/MORTAR CISTERNS, REMAINS OF BRICK OIL HOUSE (1890)

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
4th Order Fresnel
Original Optic Type:
15 FIFTEEN-INCH REFLECTORS & LAMPS
Year Original Lens Installed:
1854
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

Fourth Order Fresnel Lens installed in 1854

 


Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017