Beacon Island Light

Year Established:
1853
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1854

LOCATION

Location:
Inside Of Ocracoke Inlet
Latitude:
0° 0'
Longitude:
0° 0'
U.S. State:
North Carolina
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Beacon Island Light
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1859
Disposition:
Determined to Be Useless and Discontinued
Year Tower Established:
1853
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
39
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
38
Tower Shape:
Tower on keeper's dwelling
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1853

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1853
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

SERVED AS RANGE W/LIGHT VESSEL


Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018