(Charleston-AP) April 2, 2007 - After long years of planning, a South
Carolina lighthouse will finally get some needed repairs next month.

Taylor Brothers Marine Construction will begin work in May to
strengthen the foundation of the Morris Island Lighthouse, whose
foundation is washed by the surf at high tide.

It took almost ten years of planning and searching for money before
the US Army Corps of Engineers awarded a repair contract for almost
three million dollars.

The striped lighthouse on the south side of Charleston Harbor was
built in 1876.

It was on dry land before erosion washed away the island over the
years.

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