Boasting one of the oldest lighthouses in North America and the most working lighthouses today, South Carolina has a long seafaring history. In 1767, the Morris Island Lighthouse was built at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and before 1860, there were lighthouses in Georgetown, Cape Romain, Bull's Bay, and Hunting Island. During the Civil War, all lighthouses on the eastern coast were darkened. Many were destroyed. After the war, towers that had been damaged were repaired, and additional lights were erected on Daufuskie and Hilton Head Islands. In 1962, the new Charleston Light on Sullivan'... Read More
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Boasting one of the oldest lighthouses in North America and the most working lighthouses today, South Carolina has a long seafaring history. In 1767, the Morris Island Lighthouse was built at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and before 1860, there were lighthouses in Georgetown, Cape Romain, Bull's Bay, and Hunting Island. During the Civil War, all lighthouses on the eastern coast were darkened. Many were destroyed. After the war, towers that had been damaged were repaired, and additional lights were erected on Daufuskie and Hilton Head Islands. In 1962, the new Charleston Light on Sullivan'... Read More
Boasting one of the oldest lighthouses in North America and the most working lighthouses today, South Carolina has a long seafaring history. In 1767, the Morris Island Lighthouse was built at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and before 1860, there were lighthouses in Georgetown, Cape Romain, Bull's Bay, and Hunting Island. During the Civil War, all lighthouses on the eastern coast were darkened. Many were destroyed. After the war, towers that had been damaged were repaired, and additional lights were erected on Daufuskie and Hilton Head Islands. In 1962, the new Charleston Light on Sullivan's Island replaced the Morris Island Lighthouse, which was suffering from erosion by the ever-encroaching sea. The new light contained an elevator and two rotating beacons capable of producing 28 million candlepower, a light that can be seen 26 miles out to sea. At that time, it was considered one of the most powerful lights in the Western Hemisphere.
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Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 7th July 2008
State: South Carolina
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738554006
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
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Title: Reading Room
Author: Julie Bookman
Publisher: Charleston Style and Design Magazine
Date: Winter 2009
South Carolina Lighthouses
By Margie Willis Clary and Kim McDermott
(Arcadia, S19.99)
Morris Island in Old Charleston. Cape Romain on Lighthouse Island. Bloody Point and Haig Pont on Daufuskie Island. The beacons of South Carolina's Lowcountry hold ghosts whose tales go back some 240 years. They are tales of murder, mystery and mayhem, and of long-gone keepers who warned and guided sailors, braved cruel elements and living conditions, and battled profound loneliness.
Lighthouses appeal to our sense of romance and wonder, to our yearning for a supposedly simpler time. These stalwart towers rise up in places of rugged beauty. They are symbols of purpose and hope, of light and safety emerging on a black, starless night of uncertainty.
When so much of our history is bulldozed these days, lighthouses such as Morris Island are being rescued and restored; this volume covers that effort and updates us on the status of other beacons, from Hilton Head and Hunting Island to Georgetown Light at the entrance to Winyah Bay.
For so compact a book, Clary and McDermott have compiled an immense amount of historical facts and anecdotes. When tooling about the Palmetto State coastline, be sure this book's in the glove compartment.
Boasting one of the oldest lighthouses in North America and the most working lighthouses today, South Carolina has a long seafaring history. In 1767, the Morris Island Lighthouse was built at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and before 1860, there were lighthouses in Georgetown, Cape Romain, Bull's Bay, and Hunting Island. During the Civil War, all lighthouses on the eastern coast were darkened. Many were destroyed. After the war, towers that had been damaged were repaired, and additional lights were erected on Daufuskie and Hilton Head Islands. In 1962, the new Charleston Light on Sullivan's Island replaced the Morris Island Lighthouse, which was suffering from erosion by the ever-encroaching sea. The new light contained an elevator and two rotating beacons capable of producing 28 million candlepower, a light that can be seen 26 miles out to sea. At that time, it was considered one of the most powerful lights in the Western Hemisphere.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 7th July 2008
State: South Carolina
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738554006
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
Title: Reading Room
Author: Julie Bookman
Publisher: Charleston Style and Design Magazine
Date: Winter 2009
South Carolina Lighthouses
By Margie Willis Clary and Kim McDermott
(Arcadia, S19.99)
Morris Island in Old Charleston. Cape Romain on Lighthouse Island. Bloody Point and Haig Pont on Daufuskie Island. The beacons of South Carolina's Lowcountry hold ghosts whose tales go back some 240 years. They are tales of murder, mystery and mayhem, and of long-gone keepers who warned and guided sailors, braved cruel elements and living conditions, and battled profound loneliness.
Lighthouses appeal to our sense of romance and wonder, to our yearning for a supposedly simpler time. These stalwart towers rise up in places of rugged beauty. They are symbols of purpose and hope, of light and safety emerging on a black, starless night of uncertainty.
When so much of our history is bulldozed these days, lighthouses such as Morris Island are being rescued and restored; this volume covers that effort and updates us on the status of other beacons, from Hilton Head and Hunting Island to Georgetown Light at the entrance to Winyah Bay.
For so compact a book, Clary and McDermott have compiled an immense amount of historical facts and anecdotes. When tooling about the Palmetto State coastline, be sure this book's in the glove compartment.
