Georgetown Light
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "lighthouse tracking".Expression error: Unexpected < operator. Georgetown Light is an active light on North Island at the entrance to Winyah Bay southeast of Georgetown, South Carolina.[1][2][3] The light is maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard, and the lighthouse is now under the control of State of South Carolina as part of the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center Heritage Preserve. The lighthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The original lighthouse was a cypress tower. It was destroyed by a storm in 1806. In 1812, a Script error: No such module "convert". brick tower was built. A fourth-order Fresnel lens was installed in 1857. It was rebuilt and raised to Script error: No such module "convert". in 1867 after suffering damage during the Civil War.[2]
The light was automated in 1986. The focal plane is Script error: No such module "convert". above mean high water.[1]
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