Look toward the ocean and you will see where the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse used to be - now marked by a single wooden post. When it was built in 1870, the lighthouse was 1,500 feet from the ocean. Over the years, wind and water moved sands and slowly . . . — — Map (db m300401) HM
Starting June 17, 1999, engineers began a monumental job: to move the nation's tallest lighthouse away from the shore. First, workers lifted the 4,830-ton structure from its foundation. Then they eased the lighthouse onto a platform atop a
700-foot . . . — — Map (db m300520) HM
