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Point Lighthouse History:
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Bloody
Point Lighthouse Circa 1900 after it was moved inland. Shown at right is
the steel tower "Back Light" and Lamp House (Silver Dew
Winery). The tower was built by John Michael Doyle. He stayed on after
construction to be the first Keeper. |
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Bloody
Point Keeper, Robert Augustus Sisson, and his wife Martha, Western
entrance to the Lighthouse. |
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Taking a
Sunday ride on Daufuskie. Photo taken on the Western side of the
Lighthouse, circa 1900-1912. Bloody Point Lighthouse Keeper Gustaf Ohman
at the reins. |
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Augustus
Sisson’s daughter, Kate, standing by the Eastern steps to the Bloody
Point Lighthouse. |
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Carrying my
Bride, Mary, over the threshold. |
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From left
to right, Wayne Wheeler, President National Lighthouse Society, Joe
Yocius (Keeper), Mary Yocius and Billie Burn (Daughter in Law of last
Assistant Keeper), Papy Burn. |
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From left
to right, (Bob Burn - Grandson of Papy Burn), Joe Yocius, Billie Burn,
Mary Yocius |
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Frank Burn,
(Papy Burn’s Son), far right, and three generations of the wonderful
Burn family. |
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Bloody
Point Lighthouse (Fall 1999). |
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Lamp Room
for the Back Range Light. This Lamp Room is the only one know to exist
in the United States. The Building was later used by Papy Burn (1953) to
make wine from local grapes and fruits. Since that time it has been know
as the Silver Dew Winery. |
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Restoring
the Silver Dew Winery. |
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The
Winery’s wonderful old shutters. |
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This
shutter was raised to allow the kerosene locomotive style lamp, to be
stored in the lamp house. |
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Joe Yocius
preparing pears from trees planted by the last Assistant Keeper, Papy
Burn, and starting the wine making process. |
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Pear wine
from Papy Burn’s pears. |
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The dormer
that housed "The Light" (Christmas 1999). |