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Photographer: Coastal Georgia Historical Society
Caption: The Historic St Simons Light Station Marker
Additional Description: [ Right picture]
The "bug beacon" was used by bar pilots with the lighthouse to form the St Simons Range. The Range was the area represented by the lighthouse in the rear and the beacon in the front. Today the Range is marked by the lighthouse in the front and two large steel towers on the Fredereica River in the rear. When the lighthouse is aligned between the two towers with an equidistant spacing, the vessel will be on a centerline of the St Simons Range. The bug beacon was dismantled in the mid 1960's.
Submitted: November 10, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p43109
File Size: 0.116 Megabytes

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