Bodie Island Lighthouse Nc is a photograph by Skip Willits which was uploaded on March 31st, 2011.
Bodie Island Lighthouse Nc
The light tower on Bodie Island in North Carolina's outer banks. Built in 1872 by Dexter Stetson, the same person who built Cape Hatteras, this tower... more
by Skip Willits
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Bodie Island Lighthouse Nc
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Skip Willits
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Photograph - Epson Lustre Paper
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The light tower on Bodie Island in North Carolina's outer banks. Built in 1872 by Dexter Stetson, the same person who built Cape Hatteras, this tower is 150 feet high and visible from a distance of 19 miles. The Bodie Island site of fifteen acres was purchased from a John Etheridge, a former keeper of the pre-Civil War lighthouse there for $150.
The unique feature of the Outer Banks lights is that they are all forty miles apart. The thought that each can be seen from see from a distance of 20 miles (on a good day). Therefore, when the sailor left the safety of the Currituck light going south, the next light to be seen would be Bodie Island, Hatteras Lighthouse, Ocracoke light and then Cape Lookout. Each Light was also painted in a distinct pattern to enhance them as day marks. The Currituck Light was red brick, Bodie Island in black and white horizontals, Hatteras in a black and white spiral, Ocracoke a white tower, and Cape Lookout in a black and white diamond pattern.
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March 31st, 2011
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