Lighthouses of North Carolina

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Lighthouses of North Carolina

• Lauren Gliot

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Functions of Lighthouses

1. Warn of Dangerous Objects
2. Navigation of Waterways
3. Essential for Trade/Business

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History

• Shallow Waters Plague Settlers
• Blackbeard Hid Goods Here

B E A U FO R T C O U N T Y
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History

• Settlers Built Fires on Shore
• Whale Oil or Coal Used First

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Lighthouses of North Carolina

1. Bald Head Island (Cape Fear River)
2. Shell Castle (Ocracoke Inlet)
3. Cape Hatterras (Outer Banks)
4. Cape Lookout (Beaufort)
5. Ocracoke (Replaced Shell)
6. Bodie Island
7. Currituck Beach
8. Oak Island

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Bald Head Island

• Old Baldie
• 1795 Built
• Eroded and Replaced in 1817 for 15,915.45
• Powered by 15 Lamps (Whale Oil)
• Soft, Red Bricks, Sand and Lime
• Some from original building
• 110 Feet Tall
• During Civil War Dimmed and Red
• Changed back to White
• Used for Military
• Deactivated in 1935

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Shell Castle

• Developed to establish safe trade routes
• Built on Top of Interlaced Oyster Shells
• No Longer Exists

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Cape Hatteras

• The Big Barbie Pole
• Tallest in the Nation
• Symbol of North Carolina
• Can be seen for 20 miles
• Active Over 100 Years
• 1,250,000 Bricks Delivered by Oxen from Virginia
• 196 Feet Tall
• Foundation of Pine
• Moved in 1999

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Cape Lookout

• Authorized by US Congress
• 20,678.54
• Wood Frame with Brick Stairs
• 1857 - Congress gives 45,000 to build a new
  lighthouse
• The Confederacy Hides Lens
• Used By Coastguard
• Becomes a National Park

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Ocracoke

• North Carolina General Assembly Passed an Act to
  Build 1790
• Federal Government Delays
• 11,359.35
• 65 Feet Tall
• Brick and Plaster
• Can Be Seen 14 Miles
• 1946 Went Automated
• US Coast Guard Owns
• National Park Service Maintains

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Bodie Island

• Body
• Many Shipwrecks
• Congress Gives 5000 (1837)
• 54 Feet Tall
• Sunk and Tilted From Leaks
• Quickly Abandoned
• Rebuilt After Civil War (Huge Loss 133,000)
• Geese Fly Into Lens 18 Days After Complete

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Currituck

• Red Brick
• 158 Feet Tall
• Can Be Seen 18 Miles
• Red Brick
• Left Unpainted
• Still in Use

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Oak Island

• 1958
• 110,000
• 153 Feet Tall
• Stands on a Riser 169 Feet Tall
• No Spiral Staircase
• Series of Ship Ladders
• 3 Different Colored Cements
• Owned by Caswell Beach
• Maintained by US Coast Guard

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Bibliography

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  lthttp//www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID357
  gt.
• "Cape Hatteras Lighthouse." Cape Hatteras
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  Sept. 2014. lthttp3A2F2Fwww.hatteras-nc.com2Fli
  ght2Fgt.
• "History The Currituck Beack Light Station."
  Currituck Beack LIght Station. Outerbanks
  Conservationlists, 2014. Web. 06 Sept. 2014.
  lthttp3A2F2Fwww.currituckbeachlight.com2Fgt.
• "Lighthouse, Lifesavers, and Soldiers."
  OldBaldy.com. SageIsland.com, 2008. Web. 06 Sept.
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  2014. lthttp//www.ncbeaches.com/Features/Attractio
  ns/Lighthouses/gt.

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Bibliography

• "Oak Island Lighthouse." Oak Island Lighthouse.
  N.p., 2014. Web. 06 Sept. 2014.
  lthttp//www.oakislandlighthouse.org/history-2/gt.
• "Ocracoke Island Lighthouse." Carolina Lights.
  N.p., 2014. Web. 06 Sept. 2014.
  lthttp//www.carolinalights.com/north-carolina-ligh
  thouses/ocracoke-island-lighthousegt.
• United States. National Park Service. "Lighthouse
  History Timeline." National Parks Service. U.S.
  Department of the Interior, 04 Sept. 2014. Web.
  06 Sept. 2014. lthttp//www.nps.gov/calo/historycul
  ture/lhouse_timeline.htmgt.
• Williams, Shane. "Currituck Beach Lighthouse."
  North Carolina History Project . John Locke
  Foundation, 2014. Web. 06 Sept. 2014.
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  854/entrygt.