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686    LIGHT-HOUSES IN THE UNITED STATES.

said island, generally known as “Big Island.''
. .. Eixed.

Floating Lights. Long Shoal. Tonnage
145. In Pamlico Sound, northerhtpart, on E.
point of said shoal. One lamp wifn9 cylindrical
wicks, at about 40 feet elevation.

South-west Point of Royal Shoal. Tonnage 140.
On the point of said shoal, Pamlico Sound,
W.,
9 miles from Ocracoke light. One lamp with 11
cylindrical wicks, at about 40 feet elevation.

Nine Feet Shoal. Tonnage 70. About 4 miles
N. by W. of Ocracoke light, and N. E. side of
Royal Shoal. One lamp with 9 cylindrical wicks,
at 40 feet elevation.

Mouth of Neuse River. Tonnage 125. Near
entrance of said river into Pamlico Sound, off
Marsh Point. One lamp with 9 cylindrical wicks,
at 40 feet elevation.

Brant Island Shoal. Tonnage 125. On the
point of said shoal, in S. part of Pamlico Sound.
One lamp with 9 cylindrical wicks, at 40 feet
elevation.

Harbor Island. Tonnage 72. On Harbor Isl-
and Bar, between Pamlico and Core Sounds.
One lamp with 9 cylindrical wicks, at 40 feet
elevation.

Wade's Point Skoal. Tonnage 76. On said
shoal, W. side of entrance of Pasquotank River
into Albemarle Sound, and S. E. of Elizabeth
City. One lamp with
9 cylindrical wicks, at 39
feet elevation.

Roanoke Island. Tonnage 72. Between Pam-
lico and Albemarle Sounds, near said island.
One
lamp with 12 cylindrical wicks, at 38 feet eleva-
tion.

Mouth of Roanoke River. Tonnage 130. Near
its entrance into Albemarle Sound. One lamp with
9 cylindrical wicks, at about 42f feet elevation.

Ilorsershoe. Tonnage 72. On said Shoe, be-
tween the New Inlet and Price's Creek, in Cape
Fear River. One lamp with
12 cylindrical wicks.

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Charleston, and Beacon. On Light-house Isl-
and, and W. of ship channel to Charleston har-
bor. Lat. 32° 42'. Lon. 79° 54' 12". Revolv-
ing. Height of lantern above the sea, 125 feet 6
inches. Light and beacon.

Raccoon Key. On Cape Romain, about 10 miles
S. W. of entrance to Santee River. Lat. 33° 1'.
Lon. 79° 24'. Fixed. Height of lantern above
the sea, 87 feet 6 inches.

Horth Island. On S. end of North Island, E.
side of entrance to Pedee River, and to George-
town. Lat. 33°
V 30". Lon. 79° 1' 30". Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea, 89 feet.

Morris's Island, (2 beacon lights.) On said isl-
and, for the Overall Channel to Charleston har-
bor. . . . Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea,
one
40 and the other 70 feet. Two beacons, 1
lamp each.

Sullivans Island. (2 beacons ; beacon back of
Sullivan's Island, and beacon S. of Fort Moul-
trie.)- Two beacons on said island to guide over
Charleston Bar. One in lat.
32° 46'51"; Ion.
79° 53b The other in lat. 32° 45' 29"; Ion. 79°
52' 55".
Fixed.

Floating Light. St. Helena Bar. Tonnage
72. On said bar, off the entrance to St. Helena
Sound, and to Combahee and Morgan Rivers.
One lamp with 12 cylindrical wicks.

GEORGIA.

Tybee. N. E. end of Tybee Island and S. side
of entrance to Savannah River. Lat,
32°. Lon.
80° 52'. Fixed. Height of lantern above the
sea, 100 feet.

Tybee Beacon. E. of light-house, about | of a
mile distant.. . . Fixed. Height of lantern above
the sea,
56 feet.

Fig Island Beacon. On E. end of said island
in Savannah River. . . . Fixed. Red shades.

St. Simon's Island. On S. end of St. Simon's
Island, and N. side of entrance to the sound. Lat.
31° 8'. Lon. 81° 36'. Fixed. Height of lantern
above the sea,
80 feet. A sound or inland light
only.

Sapelo Island. On S. end of Sapelo Island,
and N. side of entrance to Doboy Sound. Lat.
31° 21'30". Lon. 81° 24'. Revolving. Height
of lantern above the sea,
74 feet.

Wolf's Island, (2 beacons.) E. side, near N.
end of Wolf's Island, and S. S. E. of Sapelo
light. Lat.
31° 20'. Lon. 81° 24' 30". Fixed.
Height of lantern above the sea,
25 feet. Two
beacons, one of brick and the other of wood; the
first
25, and the second 15 feet above the level of
the sea.

Little Cumberland Island. S. side of entrance
to St. Andrew's Sound and Santilla River. Lat.
30° 56'. Lon. 81° 34'. Revolving. Height of
lantern above the sea,
80 feet.

Oyster Beds' Beacon. Oir Oyster Beds in Sa-
vannah River. . . . Fixed.

Coclcspur Island Beacon. On a knoll connected
with Cockspur Island, in Savannah River. ...
Fixed.

Floating Lights. Tybee Channel, or Mar-
tin's Industry.
Tonnage 125. At Martin's In-
dustry, about
15 miles E. of Tybee light. One
lamp with
4 cylindrical wicks, at about 40 feet
elevation from deck.

Tybee Island Knoll. Tonnage 72. Off the knoll
N, of Tybee Island, Savannah River. One lamp
with 12 wicks.

FLORIDA.

St. Augustine. On N. end of Anastasia Island,
and S. side of entrance to St. Augustine. Lat.
29° 52' 18". Lon. 81° 25'. Fixed. Height of
lantern above the sea,
70 feet.

St. John's River. Near mouth of St. John's
River, S. side of entrance. Lat.
30° 20' 30". Lon.
81° 33'. Fixed. Height of lantern above the sea,
65 feet.

Cape Carnaveral. On said cape, S. S. E. of St.
Augustine.. . . Revolving.

Cape Florida. Off S. E. point of Florida, or
on Key Biscayne. Lat.
25° 41'. Lon. 80° 5'.
Height of lantern above the sea, 70 feet.

Dry Tortugas. On Bush Island, one of the
westernmost of the Florida Reef. Lat.
24° 37'
20".
Lon. 82° 52' 22". Fixed. Height of lan-
tern above the sea,
70 feet.

Sand Key, (temporary light-boat.) About 8-i
miles S. W. by S. of Key West. Lat. 24° 28' 30".
Lon. 81° 49'30". Revolving. Height of lantern
above the sea,
70 feet. Refitted anew in 1843;
destroyed by a tornado in 1846.

Key West. Key West Island, Florida Reef, S.
W. of Cape Sable. Lat.
24° 32' 32". Lon. 81°
48' 30".
Fixed. Height of lantern above the
sea,
67 feet. Destroyed by a tornado in 1846, and
rebuilt on new site in
1847.

Cape St. George. On said cape, and about 2j



A Gazetteer of the United States of America by John Hayward.

Hartford, CT: Case, Tiffany and Company. 1853. Public domain



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