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Name: Fort Ripley Shoal Light  

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Also known as: Ripley Light

Nearest Town or City:
Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Location: South of Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor.


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Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

Description of Tower: Cottage-style screwpile lighthouse.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1878

Date Deactivated: 1932

Current Use: Destroyed.

Keepers: Thomas Patrick O'Hagan (first assistant, c. 1880)

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