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Name: Bulls Bay Light

Also known as: Bull Bay Light

Also known as: Bull Island Light

Nearest Town or City:
Awendaw, South Carolina, United States

Location: North end of Bull Island, 25 miles northeast of Charleston.


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Photo: National Archives

Characteristic and Range: Fixed white, range 12 nautical miles (1892) .

Description of Tower: 1852: Light on keeper's brick dwelling (tower height 35', focal plane 44'; burned down in 1897). 1900: Brown, square, pyramidal, metal, skeleton tower, upper section enclosed; black lantern (as described in 1908 light list).

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1852

Date Deactivated: 1913

Optics: 1856: Fourth order Fresnel lens.

Current Use: Destroyed.

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