Tybee Island Lighthouse
Posted by American Lighthouses on Oct 26, 2020
Ever since 1736 the Tybee Island Lighthouse has been helping ship navigation into the Savannah River. The
lighthouse is on the Northeast side of Tybee Island, in the state of Georgia.
This light is from the colonial era. This makes it only 1 of 7 lighthouses that
still remains from this time period.Noble Jones of Wormsloe Plantation
was in charge of building the first tower. This octagonal tower was complete in
1736, out of brick and cedar. It was 90 feet tall, and at that time, that m