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Hilton Head Rear Range (Leamington)
State: SC
Year established: 1863
Latitude: 32 deg 9
min 52 sec N
Longitude: 80 deg 44
min 24 sec W
Height above sea level: 136 feet Original construction:
tower built by Union soldiers Rebuilds:
 1880: present 94-foot pyramidal skeleton-cast-iron structure with central cylinder enclosing stairway
1884: front range light replaced by mobile light to respond to shifts in channel location.
1985: acquired and restored by private development company
Status:
1932: deactivated; restored tower illuminated with sodium vapor lamp as tourist attraction
More information:
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=331
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/hiltonrr.htm
Lighthouse Service, Light List - Atlantic & Gulf Coasts of the United States, (Washington, DC: GPO, 1933), pp. 354-355
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