Author: Margie Willis Clary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781439601174
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
South Carolina Lighthouses 2010 Calendar is based on the best-selling Arcadia Publishing title Images of America: South Carlina Lighthouses. Basting one of the oldest lighthouses in North America and the most working lighthouses today, South Carolina has a long seafaring history. In 1767, the Morris Island Lighthouse was built at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and before 1860, there were lighthouses in Georgetown, Cape Romain, Bull's Bay, and Hunting Island. During the Civil War, all lighthouses on the eatern coast were darkened. Many were destroyed. After the war, towers that had been damaged were repaired, and additional lights were erected