Bodie Island Lighthouse
Title
Bodie Island Lighthouse
Subject
North Carolina Lighthouses
Description
The current Bodie Island Lighthouse is the third that has stood in this vicinity of Bodie Island on the Outer Banks in North Carolina and was built in 1872. It stands 165 feet (50 m) tall and is located on the Roanoke Sound side of the first island that is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The lighthouse is just south of Nags Head, a few miles before Oregon Inlet. It was renovated from August 2009 to March 2013, and was made climbable by the public. There are 214 steps that spiral to the top. The 170-foot structure is one of only a dozen remaining tall, brick tower lighthouses in the United States — and one of the few with an original first-order Fresnel lens to cast its light
Date
1847
Collection
Citation
“Bodie Island Lighthouse,” Collections @ ECU, accessed April 25, 2024, http://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/197.
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