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In Honor of The Harter Family

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Olivia Harter Young

In Honor of Deborah Massolon

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Kathryn Reid

In Honor of John & Betty O’Brien – Christmas 2016

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Joyce Wichmann

In Honor of My Family Members – Christmas 2016

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Susan R. Daniel

In Honor of Keith & Shirley Hane

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Susan Balcewitz

In Honor of Charlie & Beverly Bridge

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Kellie Brabham

In Honor of Nelson & Jean Maier

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David Tatum

In Honor of Al Hitchcock

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William Thomas

In Honor of Fred Wichmann’s 87th Birthday

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Betty Johnson O’Brien & John O’Brien
Al & Nancy Hitchcock
Loy & Bertram Ballam
Doug & Lucia Oswald
Frederick & Susan Whittle
Barry & Cheryl McLaurin
John & Joan Berry

In Honor of Rita Elder’s Birthday

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Betty Johnson O’Brien

In Honor of Betty Johnson O’Brien’s Birthday

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Rita Elder

In Honor of Rita Elder’s Birthday

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Betty Johnson O’Brien

In Honor of Kate Kiel

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Wallis Berry

In Honor of Joyce & Fred Wichmann’s 20th Anniversary

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Betty & John O’Brien

In Honor of Sandra Burchfield

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Betty O’Brien

In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Carl Hitchcock

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Jane Green

In Honor of Rita Elder’s Birthday

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Betty Johnson O’Brien

In Honor of Bill Noel’s Folly Beach Mysteries

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Jim Hilton

In Honor of Gladys & Wayne Cousar

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Al Hitchcock

In Honor of Nancy & Carroll Crowther

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Al Hitchcock

In Honor of My Friend Betty O’Brien’s Birthday

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Rita Elder

In Honor of My Dear Friend Betty O’Brien’s Birthday

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Rita Elder

In Honor of Betty Johnson O’Brien’s Birthday

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Rita Elder

In Honor of Betty Johnson O’Brien’s Birthday

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Donna Dancik

In Honor of Martha & Matt Myers

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Col. Robert & Charlie McElroy

In Honor of The Moore Family

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Jane Black

In Honor of Elaine Jones

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Bonnie Drewniany

In Honor of Mitchell & April Curry

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April Curry

In Honor of My Dear Friend Betty O’Brien’s Birthday

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Rita Elder

In Honor of Our First Anniversary

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Shannon & Penny Lowder

In Honor of Dean Bill Golod

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Max Ray

In Honor of Robin Hardin

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Lynn Kress

In Honor of Al Hitchcock’s 67th Birthday

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Carl & Jennifer Hitchcock

In Honor of Johnny Ohlandt DMV

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Chantal Koropatkin

In Honor of John & Betty O’Brien for Christmas

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Chris O’Brien

In Honor of Betty O’Brien for Christmas

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Rita Elder

In Honor of The Birthday of Betty O’Brien

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Donna P. Dancik

In Honor of Birthdays of John & Betty O’Brien

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Joyce Wichmann of Charleston, SC

In Honor of The June 1 Birthday of Betty O’Brien

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Rita Elder

In Honor of Betty O’Brien

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Rita Elder

In Honor of The Moore Family

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Jane Black

In Honor of The Birthday of Rita Elder

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Betty O’Brien

In Honor of Gladys Beardon of Charleston, SC

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Heather Kaikini of Newberry, SC

In Honor of Dale & Helen Elliott of Pineville, NC

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Kristen Ashley

In Honor of The Kefalos Family of Charleston, SC

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Leah Kefalos

In Honor of Abby Grace & Coleman Mclaughlin of Charleston, SC

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Betsy & Derek McLaughlin

In Honor of Brian McLaughlin of Brookfield, IL

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Susan Rudaitis Daniel

In Honor of John & Betty O’Brien’s Birthdays – 2015

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Eloise Donahoo

In Honor of Betty O’Brien’s Birthday – 2015

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Rita Elder

In Honor of The 25th Wedding Anniversary of John & Betty O’Brien

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Richard L. Beck, DMD
Gray Bostick
Kathy Bull
Carmen Campbell
Rita & Don Elder
Bill & Prudence Finn
Chris O’Brien
Elizabeth L. O’Brien
Joseph J. O’Brien, Jr.
Bill & Betty Parrish
Louis R. Sanders
Sherri Seymour
Dave & Pat Stormer
Jack & Lillian Welch
Fred & Joyce Wichmann

In Honor of The June 1 Birthday of Betty O’Brien

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Rita Elder

In Honor of Betty O’Brien at Christmas

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Rita Elder

In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Sandy Sanders in Lieu of a Christmas Gift

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Edythe Burress

In Honor of Mitzi Taylor

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Laurie Schell

In Honor of Jake Owen Welch, Born 30 July 2008

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John and Betty O’Brien

In Honor of Fred & Joyce Wichmann

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John & Betty Johnson O’Brien

In Honor of Bill Younger

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John & Betty Johnson O’Brien

In Honor of The Marriage of Melissa Bell & David Ohlandt

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Beth and Henry Ohlandt

In Honor of Al Hitchcock / C.R. Hipp Construction, Inc.

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Michael Hampton

In Honor of Theodore V. Finch, Sailor & American Hero

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Tom Liddell

In Honor of Keitt & Shirley Hane

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Susan Balcewicz

In Honor of Betty O’Brien, a Special Friend

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Rita Elder

In Honor of Carol & Sandy Sanders

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Rebecca & Henry Varn

In Honor of Kate Kiel RN, BSN

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Patrick & Judith Buskill

In Honor of John Wilson

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Kimble Duckworth

In Honor of Bright Ariail’s Birthday

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Shannon Skelly

In Honor of Saent Lo Mellichamp II (1st Light Keeper)

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Catherine Starnes

In Honor of WW-II Crew Members of USS Yorktown (CV-10)

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James Flatley

In Honor of Bright Ariail’s Birthday

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Shannon Skelly

In Honor of Todd H. Fisher

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Kimberly Towne

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Here you can find some conceptualizations for Phase I of the preservation of the Morris Island Lighthouse. Plans were provided by the Hayward-Baker Company.

Changes to the original Phase I plans needed to be made before the actual construction. For photos of the Phase I preservation construction, see the photo gallery below.

The base of the lighthouse will be surrounded by a cofferdam composed of circular sheet piles. This drawing is view looking down from above the lighthouse.

The base of the lighthouse will be surrounded by a cofferdam composed of circular sheet piles. This drawing is view looking down from above the lighthouse.

Grout will be injected beneath the lighthouse to stabilize the foundation. The view is looking down from above into the lighthouse's foundation.
This drawing shows section B-B through the drawing above. The view is looking across the base of the lighthouse.
Phase I - In May 2007, work began on the first phase of the lighthouse stabilization. The contractor, Taylor Brothers Marine Construction, from Beaufort, NC, drove the sheet piles that formed a cofferdam around the base of the lighthouse. The contractor worked all through the fall and winter to complete the work. His jack-up-barge can be seen from a great distance while it sits next to the lighthouse to drive the piles. All types of monitoring devices were installed inside and outside the lighthouse to help monitor the conditions as the piles were vibrated down into the sand. A local company, WPC, provided this part of the monitoring for the contractor. The devices monitored cracks for potential growth, possible lean, and general vibration during daily work. All of the windows in the lighthouse have no glass and the birds love to stay inside and even raise their young if not disturbed. The Phase I effort was completed in March of 2008, with a cost of just over $3 million.

Aerial photos were taken by Mr. Larry Workman.

You can view some conceptualizations for Phase II of the preservation of the Morris Island Lighthouse. Plans were provided by the contractor, Palmetto Gunite.

Page 1 shows the layout for the new micro-piles that were installed around the perimeter of the lighthouse foundation. There were a total of 68 micro-piles installed at 75 tons each capacity.

Page 2 shows the actual location of the micro-piles and how they were spaced around the foundation. All of the work was inside of the cofferdam installed in 2008.

Page 3 shows an elevation view of the new piles in relation to the original piles. The new piles were installed into the marl layer under the lighthouse. The area between the cofferdam and the foundation was filled with sand and capped with stone.

For photos of the preservation construction, see the photo gallery below.

March 1, 2010, we awarded our Phase II contract to Palmetto Gunite Construction Company, Ravenel, SC, for just under $2 million. This was a design/build contract to install new concrete piles under the foundation. This contract also filled the inside of the Phase I cofferdam with sand to help stabilize the foundation. The installation of 68 new micro-piles rated at 75 tons each was completed a month ahead of schedule. The jack-up barge pulled away on July 31, 2010.

This work will surely stabilize the tower so that we can continue to restore and preserve it in subsequent phases.

We survived Hurricane Irene. The Army Corps of Engineers requires periodic inspections.

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