Sapelo Island Light
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| Location: | Darien, Georgia |
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| Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
Latitude: 31.392
Longitude: -81.2852 |
| Construction: | Brick |
| Year first lit: | 1820 |
| Year first constructed: | 1820 |
| Deactivated: | 1905 to 1998 |
| Tower shape: | Conical |
| Markings/Pattern: | 6 alternate red and white horizontal |
| Height: | 65 ft |
| Original lens: | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
| Characteristic: | Fixed white varied by a white flash every 45 s |
Sapelo Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Georgia, United States, near the southern tip of Sapelo Island, Georgia. It is the nation's second-oldest brick lighthouse and the oldest survivor of Winslow Lewis lighthouse projects.
[edit] History
Sapelo Island Lighthouse was built in 1820. The lighthouse was replaced in 1905 by the a pyramidal 60 foot skeletal tower, which was dismantled and relocated in 1934 to South Fox Island, Michigan. Sapelo Island Lighthouse was inactive from 1905 to 1998, and is now privately maintained and unofficial. The original lighthouse was renovated to its 1890 appearance in 1998.
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