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On Saturday, October 14, 2000 we enjoyed a beautiful Fall day on Tybee Island, Georgia. After a refreshing hour or two at the beach we experienced Tybee Days, which included a tour of the Tybee Lighthouse and Colonial/Civil War encampments, plus food and entertainment. It was a perfect day to take pictures at the top of the lighthouse. Here is a photo journal of our day.
John & Melissa Schneider

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1.   A very low tide 2.   One of the newer beach houses 3.   An assortment of shells 4.   Perfect vacation beach house 5.   Ogelthorpe directed Georgia's 1st lighthouse be built in 1730's
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6.  3 keepers were assigned to it in 1867 7.   A re-enactment tent 8.   154 feet tall, a major aid to navigation 9.   A re-enactor from St. Augustine, FL 10.  A fabulous day to wander the grounds . . .
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11.  or to climb the 178 steps 12.  Melissa thinks she's glad she didn't live back then 13.   A 1000 watt electric bulb, visible for over 18 miles 14.   West-northwest toward Savannah 15.   Westerly toward Wilmington Island
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16.  To the north across the Savannah River & into South Carolina 17.  Northeast across a low tide and into South Carolina 18.  Looking east across the Savannah River mouth 19.  Some older block structures of Fort Screven 20.  The modern condos for vacationers
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21.   All its historic support buildings are intact 22.   Gun batteries from late 1800s across the street 23.   The Northbeach Grill is on the right w/ aqua trim 24.   South toward Tybee Beach and the Atlantic 25.  A gun emplacement below
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26.  The north beach area of Tybee Island 27.  A freighter makes it way upriver to Savannah's ports 28.  1933 fuel converts from kerosene to electricity 29.  and 3 keepers cut back to one 30.  Geo Jackson, the sole & last keeper till his death in 1947
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31. More buildings of old Ft. Screven 32.  SSE towards the main beach area 33.  Looking South 34.   A couple of looks to the . . . 35.   . . . West toward Savannah.
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36.   Hilton Head on the horizon 37.   Hilton Head Island in the distance 38.   Walls of old Ft. Screven . . . 39.   . . . seen here . . . 40.   . . . in these pictures.
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41.   About 154 feet down 42.   A "fixed light night signature" doesn't turn 43.   1857 displayed a second order lens, 8 feet high . . . 44.   9 feet high the 1st order Fresnel lens shown on Oct 1, 1867 45.   One of 13 1st order lenses still used in the USA for navigation
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Other Tybee Events:

Tybee Fest 2000
Tybee Arts Association 5th Annual Auction

 
46.   Black & white "day mark" are historic colors 47.   Georgia's oldest & tallest lighthouse 48.   Every few minutes the cannon fired    
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