Tybee Knoll Cut Range

Year Built

1878

Cost

$15,000

Type

Lantern on white dwelling

Height

24 feet

Location

Tybee Island

Automated Year

N/A

First Lit

1878

Lens Type

Sixth-order Fresnel lens

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

N/A

Color

White

Last Keeper - Date

Edward L. Floyd (1901 – at least 1921)

Description

No longer standing

Brief History

•  1867, This was formerly marked by a light vessel, but it is proposed in re-establishing the station to substitute a light-house.
•  1881, Lighthouse survived hurricane that wiped out a village on Cockspur Island.
•  1899, This station suffered severely from the storms of September and October, 1898.
•  1905, A boathouse and boat landing, with 1,400 feet of elevated plank walk connecting with the dwelling, were built on the south channel of the river.
•  1918, Raised tower on dwelling 16 feet and changed illuminating apparatus from a lens lantern to an oil reflector.