Savannah Lighthouse was a

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, off the entrance to Savannah River,

. It was the second tower to be demolished after a collision with a foreign-flagged freighter.

History

The Savannah

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was constructed and placed in operation in 1964, and was built to be an automated light, controlled by the personnel at the

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. In 1996, it became the second Texas Tower to be demolished after a collision with a foreign-flagged freighter, the first instance being the

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(aka the Ambrose Tower). In the case of the Savannah structure, the

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'' Neptune Jade'' struck the tower in November 1996. The collision sheared off and destroyed the entire structure. A

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marked the wreckage until a salvage company was contracted to retrieve the wreckage off the ocean floor for scrapping.

References

{{authority control Lighthouses completed in 1922 Lighthouses completed in 1964 Lighthouses in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures in Savannah, Georgia 1922 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)