Cockspur Lighthouse Savannah
by Doris Blessington
Title
Cockspur Lighthouse Savannah
Artist
Doris Blessington
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
The Cockspur Beacon on Cockspur Island, about 12 miles east of Savannah marks the South Channel of the Savannah River. It was build around 1887. Cornelium Mather, lighthouse keeper form 1851-1853 drowned when his boat capsized leavinghis widow Mary to tend the light. A hurrican tragically destroyed the Light in 1854 afterwhich it was rebuilt on the same foundation. Tradegy struck again in 1871 when Pack Eagan and his sons capsized their boat in a sever storm. The boys clung to the boat and beached on a barrier island, but Thomas drowned. During the War between the States, the light was temporary extinguished. When Fort Pulaski surrented to the Union Forces, the lighthouse suffered minor damage. In 1866 the beacon was relit and painted white and used as a day mark. The massave storm of 1881 struck Cockspur Island and a 23 foot storm surged filled the lighthouse destroying the keeper's residence. Again in the great hurricane of 1893, Jeremiah Keane, assistant keeper Charges Sisson and two Fort Pulaski caretakers took refuge inside the stair tower of the Fort. The light keeper's house was then built atop Fort Pulaski. The Beacon dimmed in1909, no longer needed to guide ships up the shallow South Carolina channel. In 1958, the Cockspur Light was transferred from the U.S. Coast Guarad to the National Park Service and received preservation work in May of 200.
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June 16th, 2011
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