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Displayed at the Tybee Island Light Station, this marker recalls three Savannah River navigation lights: the 1849 Cockspur Lighthouse, the short-lived Tybee Knoll Light, and the 1858 Old Harbor Light, which marked British ships scuttled in the river in 1779.
Savannah River Light is a historical marker in Tybee Island, Chatham County. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0224, -80.8456 near Tybee Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Journal of the Light-House Station (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The 1st Tybee Island Day Mark • The 2nd Tybee Island Day Mark 1742-1768, Life at the Tybee Island Light Station, and Who Controls the Tybee Lighthouse?.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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