Record #:

4560

Author(s):

Shelton-Roberts, Cheryl; Roberts, Bruce

Abstract:

While many people know the state's seven famous coastal lighthouses, few know that in the 19th-century North Carolina had dozens of sound and river lighthouses. Standing twelve feet above the water, these two-story, four-sided structures of a 1,000 square feet functioned like today's highway markers. The lighthouses at Croatan River, Roanoke Marshes River, Long Shoal River, Neuse River, Roanoke River, and Pamlico Point are profiled.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 67 Issue 12, May 2000, p48-50, il

Subject(s):

Lighthouses