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Lighthouse History
Built: 1857 Type: Hexagonal Tower / 1893 Skeletal Tower Height: 51 feet Status: First light destroyed by hurricane. Deactivated: 1950's Location: Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor Lens: 5th Order Fresnel Signal: Bell Keepers: Notes: The front light at
Fort Sumter completed in 1857. The front light was a white, fifth order
Fresnel lens. The station was destroyed during the Civil War. A temporary
light with a steamer lens was in place after the war ended and Fort Sumter
was reoccuppied by federal troops. Later the light was rebuilt. With
little chance of war, this lighthouse was the major activity at Fort Sumter
from 1876 to 1898.
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