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}} Little Cumberland Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Georgia, United States, on the north end of Little Cumberland Island adjacent to main Cumberland Island, in Camden County on the southeast coast of Georgia. When in service the light marked the entrance to St. Andrew Sound and the Satilla River. It also marked a shoal that extends about south-southeasterly of the light.〔("List of lights and fog signals on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, 1907 ), pp. 194-195. Government Printing Office, Washington.〕 ==History== The Little Cumberland Island Lighthouse was designed by Winslow Lewis and built in 1838. It had fourteen Lewis lamps generating a fixed light, which distinguished it from the older tower to the south that had a revolving light. The lantern room received its third-order Fresnel lens, manufactured in France by Henri LePaute, in 1857.〔("Little Cumberland Island, GA" ). Lighthousefriends.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-07.〕 The new light had a range of with a focal height of asl.〔 In 1874, a brick wall was built around the lighthouse to protect it from the encroaching sea. The lighthouse was in service until 1915 when it was deactivated. The keeper's house and all other light station buildings were demolished in 1968, but the tower remains. The tower was renovated in 1994 to 1998.〔("Little Cumberland Island Light - Inventory of Historic Light Stations Georgia Lighthouses" ). National Park Service. Retrieved on 2012-12-07.〕 A large dune protects the lighthouse from the ocean, but as a result the tower is now barely visible from the water. Less than from the lighthouse is the grave of a sailor named Charles Farnum, who drowned in St. Andrew Sound off of the coast of the island. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little Cumberland Island Light」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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