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Bodie Island
State: NC
Year established: 1848
Latitude: 35 deg 49
min 7 sec N
Longitude: 75 deg 33
min 48 sec W
Height above sea level: 156 feet Original construction:
54-foot tower on Pea Island Rebuilds:
 1859: 80-foot tower replaced old leaning tower, destroyed during conflict in 1861
1872: present 166-foot tall conical brick tower; wide black and white alternating bands
Status:
automated in 1954; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
two white flashes every 30 seconds visible for 18 nautical miles
More information:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/park/bodie.htm
http://www.outerbankslighthousesociety.org/
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHNC.html
U.S. Department of Homeland Security / United States Coast Guard, Light List, Volume 2 Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to
Little River, South Carolina, (Washington, DC: GPO, 2004), p. 6
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