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Kyle Dawson. Lighthouses. Why So Many Lighthouses Along North Carolina’s Coast. Outer banks is known as the “Graveyard of the Pacific” Much shipping and commerce in the 1800s Strong currents Fierce storms Shifting shoals. Bodie Island Lighthouse. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
LIGHTHOUSESKyle Dawson
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Why So Many Lighthouses Along North Carolina’s Coast
Lighthouses of the Outer Banks
Outer banks is known as the “Graveyard of the Pacific”
Much shipping and commerce in the 1800s
Strong currents Fierce storms Shifting shoals
Lighthouses of the Outer Banks
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Bodie Island Lighthouse Present Bodie
Island lighthouse is third construction first two were detectives
Keeper’s home now serves as ranger office and visitor center
Lighthouses of the Outer Banks
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Tallest lighthouse in
North America Striped markings
served as day makers for daytime sailors
Still functions, only now it’s totally automated
Lighthouses of the Outer Banks
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (continued) Tallest brick
lighthouse in the world
1.25 million bricks Base measures 24
feet by 45.5 feet
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (continued) Spiraling staircase
leads to top 275 steps Over 175,000
tourists visit tower each year to climb the steps
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Ocracoke Lighthouse Oldest active
lighthouse in NC Shortest lighthouse
in NC Present lighthouse
made of brick Diameter 25 feet at
base, 12 feet at top
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Data on These Lighthouses
LighthouseYears
Construct HeightSignal
DistanceBodie Island 1873 156 feet 19 milesCape Hatteras 1802 208 feet 20 milesOcracoke 1823 76 feet 14 miles
Lighthouses of the Outer Banks
Lighthouses of the Outer Banks
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For More Information Ardith S. Division of Historic
Preservation Massachusetts State
Historical Society 145 Backbay
Heights Road Boston, MA 02114 617-555-0654