- Combahee Bank Light
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Combahee Bank Light Coordinates 32°28′N 80°26′W / 32.467°N 80.433°WCoordinates: 32°28′N 80°26′W / 32.467°N 80.433°W Year first constructed 1868 Deactivated ca. 1876 Construction Screwpile Tower shape Cottage ARLHS number USA-1162 The Combahee Bank Lighthouse is a former lighthouse in St. Helena Sound on the border of Beaufort and Colleton Counties in South Carolina. It was built in 1868 and abandoned around 1876.[1]
The lighthouse was a cottage-style screwpile lighthouse that was built to warn of shoals. It was near the location of the current automated light, which is on a dolphin.[1][2]
In 1902, a daymark was put on the old structure. Due to settling, the daymark was replaced with a lighted buoy in 1913. Most of the old structure was removed in 1925 by a buoy tender's derrick.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Clary, Margie Willis, The Beacons of South Carolina, Sandlapper Publishing Co., Inc., Orangeburg, SC, 2005, pp. 102-103, ISBN 0-87844-176-X.
- ^ (PDF) Light List, Volume III, Atlantic Coast, Little River, South Carolina to Econfina River, Florida. Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2007. http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lightLists/LightList%20V3.pdf.
Categories:- Buildings and structures in Beaufort County, South Carolina
- Colleton County, South Carolina
- Lighthouses in South Carolina
- United States lighthouse stubs
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