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First Tybee Island Lighthouse

Tybee Island GA United States
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Status:
destroyed
Construction Dates
  Began1733
  Finished1736
  Destroyed1741
Floor Count2
Building Uses
 - lighthouse
Structural Types
 - tower

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Roof89 ftUnited States Coast Guard, Georgia Historical Society
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Description
• Master carpenter threatened with execution because of slow construction.
• Destroyed by storm 5 years after completion.


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