Haig Point Range Lights

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Haig Point Range Lights
Haig Point Rear Range Light (1885)
Haig Point Rear Range Light (1885)
Location: South Carolina , United States
Geographical location: 32 ° 8 '43 "  N , 80 ° 50' 11.2"  W Coordinates: 32 ° 8 '43 "  N , 80 ° 50' 11.2"  W.
Fire carrier height : 5.5 m (lower fire)
18.6 (upper fire)
Fire height : 5.2 m (lower fire)
21.4 m (upper fire)
Haig Point Range Lights, South Carolina
Haig Point Range Lights
Identifier : Fl W 14s
Optics: 5-stage Fresnel lens (top fire)
Construction time: 1873
Operating time: 1873–1924 / since 1986 (private)

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The Haig Point Range Lights were top and bottom lights on Calibogue Sound at the northeast end of Daufuskie Island in Beaufort County , South Carolina in the United States . The two beacons were built in 1873 and were used as navigational aids until 1924. The overhead lighthouse was later restored and is the guest house of the Haig Point Club; Today it serves as a private navigation aid for shipping.

geography

Calibogue Sound is between Daufuskie Island and Hilton Head Island . It connects the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Harbor Town Marina with the open Atlantic Ocean .

history

In 1871 the United States Congress approved two pairs of top and bottom lights on Daufuskie Island, the second pair being the Bloody Point Range Lights on the south end of the island. The land at Haig Pont was acquired in 1872 and the Haig Point Range Lights were put into operation in 1873. While most sources state that the plant was deactivated in 1924, others assume that the shutdown took place in 1922 or in 1934 or 1938.

Rear Range Light (top light)

The headlight was designed by James H. Reed and consists of a square tower that is placed on top of the two-story, wooden house of the lighthouse keeper in the Victorian style . The foundation of the house is the foundation of an old plantation house made from tabby , a mixture of lime, sand and crushed oyster shells. The lighthouse keeper's house and the tower are painted white, the roof over the lantern room is red. Originally there was a fivefold Fresnel lens operated by an oil lamp, but this was later replaced by electric light. In addition to the lighthouse keeper's house, there was an outbuilding and the 22,700 liter cistern for drinking water. The station was manned until 1924. In 1925 the lighthouse keeper's house was sold. It changed hands several times and was no longer maintained. In 1984 it was acquired by the International Paper Realty Corporation, which began restoring it. The outbuilding and the cistern are still preserved. After about six decades of inactivity, the overhead light was put back into operation in 1986 as a private navigation aid for shipping. The white flashing light is enhanced by an acrylic lens. It is powered by solar cells and batteries.

The plant is Contributing property of into the National Register of Historic Places captured Daufuskie Iceland Historic District .

Front Range Light (underfire)

Haig Point Front Range Light, 1885

The lower light was a wooden construction with a lamp. It was about 800 m south of the top fire. However, the structure was not permanently connected to its location, but the construction could be relocated in order to react to shifts in the fairway . The fate of the underfire after the station was closed is unknown.

Web links

Commons : Haig Point range lights  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Light List, Volume III, Atlantic Coast, Little River, South Carolina to Econfina River, Florida (PDF) (=  Light List ), United States Coast Guard , 2007.
  2. ↑ a b c d Burn, Billie, An Island Named Daufuskie , The Reprint Company, Inc., Spartanburg, SC, 1991, pp. 187-203, ISBN 0-87152-454-6 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Clary, Margie Willis, The Beacons of South Carolina , Sandlapper Publishing Co., Inc., Orangeburg, SC, 2005, pp. 59-67, ISBN 0-87844-176-X .
  4. ↑ Bansemer, Roger, Bansemer's Book of Carolina & Georgia Lighthouses , Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL, 2000, pp. 96-97, ISBN 1-56164-194-4 .
  5. ^ Daufuskie Island (Haig Point) Range Lights ( English ) In: Historic Light Station Information & Photography: South Carolina . US Coast Guard. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  6. ↑ Bruce Roberts, Ray Jones: Southern Lighthouses: Outer Banks to Cape Florida , 3rd Edition, Globe Pequot Press, Guildord, CT 2002, ISBN 0-7627-1243-0 , pp. 48-49.
  7. ↑ HAIG POINT (RANGE REAR) LIGHT ( English ) In: Inventory of Historic Light Stations South Carolina Lighthouses . US National Park Service. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  8. ↑ a b c Terrance Zepke: 'Lighthouse of the Carolinas . Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL 2002, ISBN 1-56164-148-0 , pp. 153-157.
  9. ↑ a b Daufuskie Island Historic District ( English , PDF; 3.6 MB) In: National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form . South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  10. ^ Haig Point Lighthouse ( English ) In: Daufuskie Island Historic District . South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  11. ↑ Haig's Point Lighthouse ( English , PDF; 1.7 MB) In: Beaufort County Historical Survey - 1997 . Beaufort County, South Carolina. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
  12. ^ Haig's Point Lighthouse, Oil House ( English , PDF; 701 kB) In: Beaufort County Historical Survey - 1997 . Beaufort County, South Carolina. Retrieved May 1, 2012.