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Camera Maker Canon Camera Model Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Aperture f/5.6 Exposure Value 0 EV
Exposure Program Manual Exposure Time 1/250 sec
Flash Compulsory Flash Focal Length 35 mm
ISO 400 Metering Mode Pattern
Date/Time 2010:01:16 04:24:11 Resolution Unit Inch
X Resolution 240 dots per ResolutionUnit Y Resolution 240 dots per ResolutionUnit
Exposure Mode 1 Keywords travel United States of America United States America USA US Georgia GA Chatham County Savannah history historical historic historical marker famous landmark road side highway popular Place of Interest Places of Interest Tourist Attraction Tourist Attractions Tourist Destination Tourist Destinations Travel Destination Travel Destinations tour tourism tourist attraction destination Old Harbor Light Savannah River Truite Count de Castenet de Puysegur Emmet Park Trustees Garden Club
Caption Old Harbor Light This beacon light was erected by the federal government in 1858 as an aid to navigation of the Savannah River. Standing 77 feet above the river level and illuminated by gas, it served for several years as a guide to vessels passing over the hulls of ships that the British scuttled in 1779 to close the harbor to the French naval forces. During the Siege of Savannah that year by the French and Americans the warship Truite, commanded by the Count de Chastenet de Puysegur, shelled this area of Savannah from her anchorage in Back River opposite this point. The development of this portion of Emmet Park as a garden area was a project of the Trustees Garden Club during the centennial year of the erection of the "Old Harbor Light." 025-58 Georgia Historical Commission 1958