Tybee Island Lighthouse

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The surviving Tybee Island Lighthouse still has its original foundation, completed in 1773. Maintained by the Tybee Island Historical Society and open to the public, it remains one of America's most intact light stations, with all its historic support structures still on site.

Courtesy of Explore Georgia, Photograph by Ralph Daniel.

Tybee Island Lighthouse

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