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Lighthouses were designed with different exterior paint schemes, or day marks, so they could be recognized during the daytime when the light could not be seen. Once established, a day mark rarely changed. Tybee's lighthouse day mark, however, changed seven times during the last 145 years.
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Tybee Island, Georgia · United States
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Who Controls the Tybee Lighthouse?
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Life at the Tybee Island Light Station
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Lighting the Tybee Lighthouse
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First Order Fresnel Lense
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The 4th Tybee Island Lighthouse 1867-Present
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The 3rd Tybee Island Day Mark Lighthouse 1773-1861 • Damage to the 3rd Tybee Lighthouse 1861
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