Year first lit 1964 Foundation 4 Steel pilings Opened 1922 Year first constructed 1922 | Automated Yes Construction Steel Material Steel | |
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Location Savannah River, Georgia Deactivated 1996
No longer in existence Similar Tybee Island Range Fr, Sapelo Island Range Fr, Old Harbor Light, Sapelo Island Lighthouse, Little Cumberland Island Light | ||
Savannah Lighthouse was a lighthouse in Georgia, United States, off the entrance to Savannah River, Georgia. It was the second tower to be demolished after a collision with a foreign-flagged freighter.
History
The Savannah Texas Tower was constructed and placed in operation in 1964, and was built to be an automated light, controlled by the personnel at the Tybee Island Light Station.
In 1996, it became the second Texas Tower to be demolished after a collision with a foreign-flagged freighter, the first instance being the Ambrose tower. In the case of the Savannah structure, the Singapore container ship Neptune Jade struck the tower in November 1996. The collision sheared off and destroyed the entire structure. A buoy marked the wreckage until a salvage company was contracted to retrieve the wreckage off the ocean floor for scrapping.