Deactivated 1917 Opened 1855 Year first constructed 1855 | ARLHS number USA-1002 Focal height 15 m | |
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Location Shutes' Folly Island, Charleston County, South Carolina Original lens 5th order Fresnel lens (1855) Similar Sullivan's Island Range Li, Fort Ripley Shoal Light, Haig Point Range Lights, Cape Romain Lighthouses, Hilton Head Range R | ||
Castle Pinckney Light is a former lighthouse on Shutes' Folly Island in Charleston Harbor, Charleston County, South Carolina.
Castle Pinckney was a c. 1810 U.S. coastal fortification, which was built upon the site of Fort Pinckney, a 1797 fort destroyed during an 1804 hurricane.
Castle Pinckney was occupied by Confederate forces during the Civil War.
History
In 1855, a yellow tower with a focal plane of 50 feet (15 m) was built at Castle Pinckney. It had a 5th order Fresnel lens.
In 1878, Castle Pinckney was transferred to the Lighthouse Board for use as a lighthouse depot for the Sixth District. A new lighthouse was constructed in 1880. A third lighthouse was constructed in 1890, and it was made a lighthouse station.
In 1916, the lighthouse depot was moved to Tradd Street in Charleston. The lighthouse station was deactivated in 1917, and Castle Pinckney was transferred to the War Department for a time.
The lighthouse was probably destroyed in 1938.