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The light has a cast iron shaft and resembles a giant street light. It is 25 feet (7.6 m) tall with a focal plane 77 feet (23.5 m) above the river. It may have been imported from
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with the front light on Fig Island to guide ships into the
Savannah Harbor and avoid the six British ships, which were scuttled in 1779 to impede French and American ships during the
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and was erected by the federal government in 1858, contemporary with most of the structures in the district.
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265:1966-11-13
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