Cape Romain Lighthouses are a pair of brick lighthouses on Lighthouse Island southeast of McClellanville, South Carolina. The lighthouses are on the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge. They survived Hurricane Hugo that devastated the area.
The original lighthouse, which was built by Winslow Lewis, is a 65 ft (19.8 m) conical brick tower. It originally had his lamps and reflectors. In 1847, twelve oil lamps with a parabolic reflector were instal...
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Cape Romain Lighthouses are a pair of brick lighthouses on Lighthouse Island southeast of McClellanville, South Carolina. The lighthouses are on the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge. They survived Hurricane Hugo that devastated the area.
The original lighthouse, which was built by Winslow Lewis, is a 65 ft (19.8 m) conical brick tower. It originally had his lamps and reflectors. In 1847, twelve oil lamps with a parabolic reflector were installed. This lighthouse was taken out of service in 1858. It is one of few surviving Winslow Lewis lighthouses.
In 1857, an 150 ft (45.7 m) octagonal brick tower was built. In 1858, a first-order Fresnel lens was installed. Although is was out of service during the Civil War, it was operating in 1866. after the Civil War. In 1931, a revolving beacon replaced the Fresnel lens. It was automated in 1937 and decommissioned in 1947. Built slightly out of plumb, this tower has a distinct tilt.
The current daymark of the 1827 lighthouse is red, and the...
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