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Name Image Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Bald Head Light: Bald Head Island: 1794 (First) 1817 (Current): 1985
Lighthouse/OIGCS Site OICGS Dock Area USCG 47' Motor Lifeboat. Eventually the Treasury Department acquired 57.2 acres of Fort Caswell by an act of Congress and in the late 1930s built the Oak Island Coast Guard Station. [3] Then in May 1958, the Oak Island Lighthouse immediately west of the Coast Guard Station became operational. [4]
The Cape Fear region is home to three of the eight lighthouses in North Carolina. Cape Fear Facts: 10 things to know about lighthouses in the Wilmington area Skip to main content
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A 10-acre (4.0 ha) site on the west side of Bald Head Island, along the banks of the Cape Fear River, was selected for North Carolina's first lighthouse. The property was purchased from Benjamin Smith, who would later become the governor of North Carolina. In 1792, Congress appropriated $4,000 to complete the lighthouse that had been started by ...
Oak Island Lighthouse. Built in 1957-58 by Brinkley, W.F. & Son Construction Co. located in Granite Quarry NC at a cost of $110,000, it was one of the last lighthouses constructed in the US. It rests on 24 pilings driven 67' deep to bedrock which are 10" round, filled with concrete and capped by a 30' wide by 3' deep octagonal concrete base.