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- Code Number:
- TLHV02P13_16
- Title:
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Ocracoke Light, Hyde County, Ocracoke Island, Outer Banks, North Carolina, Eastern Seaboard, East Coast, Atlantic Ocean
- This is the oldest lighthouse still in operation in North Carolina, and one of the oldest on the Eastern coast of the United States, it was built by Noah Porter for $11,359.35 in 1823. At seventy-five feet, it is the shortest lighthouse on the North Carolina Coast and can only be seen for 14 miles. Located in Ocracoke Village on Ocracoke Island, the southernmost island in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Latitude: 35.109 Longitude: -75.986 Construction started: 1798 Height: 23 meter (75 feet) Materials: Brick, Mortar, Lumber, Stone Tower shape: Conical Markings - pattern: White Current lens: 4th order Fresnel lens Range: 15 nm Characteristic: Fixed white Fog signal: none Admiralty number: J2408 ARLHS number: USA-561 USCG number: 2-660 Automated: 1955 Address: Lighthouse Road, Ocracoke, NC 27960
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