Sapelo Island Lighthouse Sapelo Island Georgia #1
by Dawna Moore Photography
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Sapelo Island Lighthouse Sapelo Island Georgia #1
Artist
Dawna Moore Photography
Medium
Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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"Located five miles off the Georgia mainland, Sapelo Island truly has a rich history. Before Thomas Spalding acquired much of the island in 1802, Sapelo had been home to Spanish missionaries, and French and English settlers. Spalding established a productive plantation on the island, growing sea-island cotton, sugar cane, and rice with the help of roughly 400 slaves.
For a token sum of one dollar, Spalding sold five acres at the southern end of the island for the construction of a lighthouse. Winslow Lewis of Boston was contracted on September 14, 1819 to build the brick tower and accompanying dwelling. Lewis also provided the light source: fifteen of his fifteen-inch reflectors and lamps, fitted on a triangular revolving iron frame. When Sapelo Island Lighthouse was activated in 1820, it served as a guide for mariners transiting Doboy Sound to and from the Port of Darien. Located at the mouth of the Altamaha River, Darien was a natural collecting point for lumber and crops produced in Georgia's interior.
In the 1850s, most of America's lighthouses were upgraded with a more efficient lighting apparatus, the Fresnel lens. Sapelo Lighthouse received a fourth-order Fresnel lens in 1854. The tower had been given its distinctive daymark of red and white horizontal bands in 1850." (lighthousefriends.com)
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March 15th, 2015
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