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[Charleston Light, Sullivan's Island, Charleston, South Carolina, 1962]
Summary
Photograph of new Charleston Light, according to press release on verso, most powerful in the Western hemisphere, one of world's tallest, first in U.S. equipped with elevator.
Press release by United States Coast Guard, Public Information Division, Washington, D.C.
Release No. 53-62.
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Date
01/01/1962
Location
North Charleston, 32.88856, -80.00751
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.
