U.S.A. - Morris Island, SC

Dianna BD - U.S.A. - 20.08.2012

Morris Island Lighthouse. Morris Island Lighthouse, the original Charleston Light, is the sixth oldest station in the US. With the original lighthouse of 1767 destroyed by the Confederate Army in 1861 to take a reference away from Union ships, the Morris Island Lighthouse was rebuilt in 1872. Standing 161 feet tall, when lighted it could have been 19 miles out to sea.