Giorgina Reid
American textile designer, photographer, and inventor
About Giorgina Reid
Lived 1908 – 2001 (aged 92). Giorgina Reid was an American textile designer, patent inventor, photographer and art educator.
Giorgina Reid (; who was credited with pioneering the reed-trench terracing erosion control system used to preserve the Montauk Point Lighthouse.
Early life Reid was born in Trieste, Italy. and wrote a guide book on shoreline protection entitled How To Hold Up a Bank.
In 1969 Reid learned about the erosion at the Montauk Point Lighthouse and approached the Coast Guard about using reed-trench terracing. She began working on terracing the lighthouse with a group of seven volunteers on Earth Day, 1970.
Reid died at the age of 92 and is buried next to her husband in Calverton National Cemetery.
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Who was Giorgina Reid?
American textile designer, photographer, and inventor
When was Giorgina Reid born?
Giorgina Reid was born on 3 November 1908 in Trieste.
When did Giorgina Reid die?
Giorgina Reid died on 16 June 2001.
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Giorgina Reid was a textile designer, patent inventor, photographer and art educator.
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Giorgina Reid was American.
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