Tybee Island Range Front Lighthouse

Oct. 22, 2019
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Tybee Island Range Front Lighthouse (Tybee Knoll Cut Range Front Lighthouse), Tybee Island, Georgia

Built in 1878.

TYBEE (KNOLL) CUT RANGE FRONT LIGHT

Location: ON THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF THE EASTERLY END OF LONG ISLAND, SOUTHERLY SIDE OF THE MAIN CHANNEL OF SAVANNAH RIVER 
Station Established: 1878 
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1878 
Operational: 
Automated:  
Deactivated:  
Tower Shape / Markings / Pattern: Lantern on white dwelling
Height: 24' 
Original Lens: Sixth Order
Characteristic: Fixed white
Fog Signal:

Historical Information:

  • Built to replace lightships that had been on station since 1848.
  • 1881 - Lighthouse survived hurricane that wiped out a village on Cockspur Island.
  • 1911 - Lighthouse renovated, repaired or rebuilt in July.
  • Building was destroyed sometime after 1914.

Keepers:

  • Arthur Burn (Head Keeper, sometime after 1913)

Researched and written by Marie Vincent, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.
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