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On Saturday, October 14, 2000 we enjoyed a beautiful Fall day on Tybee Island, Georgia. After a refreshing hour or two at the beach we experienced Tybee Days, which included a tour of the Tybee Lighthouse and Colonial/Civil War encampments, plus food and entertainment. It was a perfect day to take pictures at the top of the lighthouse. Here is a photo journal of our day.
John & Melissa Schneider |
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1. A very low tide |
2. One of the newer beach houses |
3. An assortment of shells |
4. Perfect vacation beach house |
5. Ogelthorpe directed Georgia's 1st lighthouse be built in 1730's |
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6. 3 keepers were assigned to it in 1867 |
7. A re-enactment tent |
8. 154 feet tall, a major aid to navigation |
9. A re-enactor from St. Augustine, FL |
10. A fabulous day to wander the grounds . . . |
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11. . . . or to climb the 178 steps |
12. Melissa thinks she's glad she didn't live back then |
13. A 1000 watt electric bulb, visible for over 18 miles |
14. West-northwest toward Savannah |
15. Westerly toward Wilmington Island |
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16. To the north across the Savannah River & into South Carolina |
17. Northeast across a low tide and into South Carolina |
18. Looking east across the Savannah River mouth |
19. Some older block structures of Fort Screven |
20. The modern condos for vacationers |
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21. All its historic support buildings are intact |
22. Gun batteries from late 1800s across the street |
23. The Northbeach Grill is on the right w/ aqua trim |
24. South toward Tybee Beach and the Atlantic |
25. A gun emplacement below |
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26. The north beach area of Tybee Island |
27. A freighter makes it way upriver to Savannah's ports |
28. 1933 fuel converts from kerosene to electricity . . . |
29.. . . and 3 keepers cut back to one |
30. Geo Jackson, the sole & last keeper till his death in 1947 |
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31. More buildings of old Ft. Screven |
32. SSE towards the main beach area |
33. Looking South |
34. A couple of looks to the . . . |
35. . . . West toward Savannah. |
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36. Hilton Head on the horizon |
37. Hilton Head Island in the distance |
38. Walls of old Ft. Screven . . . |
39. . . . seen here . . . |
40. . . . in these pictures. |
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41. About 154 feet down |
42. A "fixed light night signature" doesn't turn |
43. 1857 displayed a second order lens, 8 feet high . . . |
44. 9 feet high the 1st order lens shown on Oct 1, 1867 |
45. One of 13 1st order lenses still used in the USA for navigation |
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Other Tybee Events: |
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46. Black & white "day mark" are historic colors |
47. Georgia's oldest & tallest lighthouse |
48. Every few minutes the cannon fired |
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