Tybee Island Lighthouse, Tybee Island, Georgia #3
by Dawna Moore Photography
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Tybee Island Lighthouse, Tybee Island, Georgia #3
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Dawna Moore Photography
Medium
Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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In 1733, General James Ogelthorpe founded the colony of Georgia and established the town of Savannah, seventeen miles upstream from where the Savannah River meets the open Atlantic Ocean. Early on, Ogelthorpe realized the importance of a marker on Tybee Island at the mouth of the river and ordered a ninety-foot, wooden structure erected there. After construction on the tower had started, Ogelthorpe became upset at the lack of progress being made and jailed the head carpenter, threatening to hang him. The carpenter's crew pled for his life, promising they could complete the tower in five more weeks. During the next sixteen days, they accomplished more than they had in the previous sixteen months. The tower, used as a daymark for vessels entering the river, was completed in 1736. (lighthousefriends.org)
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