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6979
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On October 18, 2004, the U.S. Coast Guard officially handed the keys to the forty-five-year-old Oak Island Lighthouse over to Caswell Beach. The municipality becomes the first town in North Carolina to have a lighthouse. The town got the lighthouse as part of the National Park Service's Lands to Parks program, which gives surplus federal land to communities for parks and recreational uses at no cost. Value of the lighthouse and land is estimated at $5 million.
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Southern City (NoCar Oversize JS 39 S6), Vol. 54 Issue 12, Dec 2004, p1,6, il
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11152
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The Oak Island lighthouse is a manned tower along the Cape Fear River. The lighthouse, located at the Frying Pan Shoals, is managed by coast guardsmen who keep the lighthouse working to protect incoming ships. This particular lighthouse is one of the few left in service in Beaufort County. The other lighthouses have either fallen into disservice or are obsolete.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 10, Oct 1966, p9, il
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Record #:
12352
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The new lighthouse, located on Oak Island, North Carolina, will go into service sometime after May 1, as the brightest light in our country. Partially assembled with the assistance of helicopters, the new lighthouse will emit 2,000,000 candlepower in good weather and 20,000,000 in poor visibility.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 25 Issue 21, Mar 1958, p8-9, f
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12580
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Replacing the Cape Fear light on Smith Island, the 142' tall Oak Island Lighthouse is the brightest in the western hemisphere. Established as a working light on 15 May 1958, and built by W. F. Brinkley and Son, the Oak Island Lighthouse marks the entryway into the Cape Fear River.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 43 Issue 10, Oct 1966, p9, il
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35563
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Standing by as a silent testament to the enduring importance of waterway safety were lighthouses. Half can boast being the oldest (Ocracoke, 1823), the tallest (Cape Hatteras, 208 feet), and is the brightest (Oak Island, 20,000,000 candlepower) in America.
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New East (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 1 Issue 3, June/July 1973, p8, 29