OUTER BANKS, NORTH CAROLINA SEPTEMBER 7 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 16, 2002    Visit the Official Currituck Beach Lighthouse site by clicking on the image below.     Cape Hatteras Light Tropical Storm "Gustav" Ocracoke Light Cape Lookout Light Bodie Island Light Currituck Beach Light   Also on September 14, 2002   The 158 foot Currituck Beach tower was completed in 1875.  Strategically placed about halfway between the Cape Henry, Virginia, and Bodie Island lights, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse illuminated one of the last remaining dark stretches of southern coastline.  Stout walls, almost 6 feet thick at the base, help the tower withstand Atlantic storms.  To distinguish it from neighboring lighthouses, its red bricks were left unpainted, and they remain so.  The 12 foot tall lantern at the top still holds the station's original first-order, bull's-eye Fresnel lens.  The automated light flashes white very 20 seconds and can be spotted from up to 19 miles away.     Currituck Beach Lighthouse spiral staircase - 214 steps to the top.   Another shot of the spiral staircase.  $6.00 per person to climb to the top.  We weren't permitted in the beacon room so I couldn't get a shot of the lens.     Views from the top of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse The Lighthouse Keeper's house as seen from the top of the lighthouse.            

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