Record #:

12082

Author(s):

Dean, Earl

Abstract:

Five attempts at constructing a lighthouse on the dangerous Diamond Shoals prior to 1894 failed. Proving too difficult a project to undertake, a lightship was stationed 15 miles off shore to warn mariners of the perilous shifting shoals.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 24 Issue 7, Aug 1956, p9-10, il

Subject(s):

Diamond Shoals--History; Lighthouses--Diamond Shoals