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Ocracoke Island Light Station
By Tom Bosse, September 20, 2021
Ocracoke Lighthouse Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On State Highway 12 at Lighthouse Road on State Highway 12. |
| | Oldest N. C. lighthouse
still in service. Erected
1823 to serve Ocracoke
Inlet trade. 75 ft. tall.
Located 4/10 mile S. W. — — Map (db m114471) HM |
| Near Lighthouse Road, 0.3 miles west of Irvin Garrish Highway (State Highway 12), on the right when traveling south. |
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The first lighthouse at Ocracoke Inlet was the 1798 Shellcastle Rock lighthouse located on an island in the inlet. In such a location—defenseless against storms, tides, and winds—the lighthouse was often inoperative when needed most. . . . — — Map (db m114469) HM |
May. 19, 2024