Record #:

11904

Author(s):

Old Trudge

Abstract:

Set to replace the last lightship in North Carolina, the new Texas tower lighthouse station will be built 34 miles southeast of Southport, in 46 feet of water. The new tower will stand 88 feet above the low mean water line, securely anchored into the hard clay beneath the sea floor. Constructed by J. Ray McDermott, a New Orleans based Company, the new tower will cost $1,569,000 to build.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 31 Issue 8, Sept 1963, p11, 30, il

Subject(s):

Lighthouses