A history of South Carolina lighthouses
By: John Hairr
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781626190771
Subjects: Lighthouses; History; Local History; ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments; TRANSPORTATION / Navigation
Description: "Explore the fascinating history of the lighthouses that dot the coast of the Palmetto State"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-124) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Charleston's Earliest Lighthouses; title: 2. The Georgetown Lighthouse; title: 3. The Cape Romain Lighthouse; title: 4. The Bulls Bay Lighthouse; title: 5. The Fort Sumter Range Lights; title: 6. South Carolina's Screw-Pile Lighthouses; title: 7. The Hunting Island Lighthouse; title: 8. The Charleston Main Lighthouse/Morris Island Lighthouse; title: 9. Lighthouses on Hilton Head Island; title: 10. Lighthouses on Daufuskie Island; title: 11. The Sullivan's Island Lighthouse; title: Appendix I: [Transcription of a notice for proposals for a lighthouse at Fort Winyah, Georgetown, South Carolina, 1858]; title: Appendix II: [Report by the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures to the South Carolina General Assembly, examining the operations of the lighthouses, lightships, and all other activities related to the lighthouses, 1860]; title: Appendix III: [A solicitation for bids to construct the Georgetown Lighthouse; published in the spring of 1810].