North Carolina lighthouses : the stories behind the beacons from Cape Fear to Currituck Beach / Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts ; foreword by Ray Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shelton-Roberts, Cheryl, 1950- author.

Roberts, Bruce, 1930- author.

Contributor:

Jones, Ray, 1948- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lighthouses--North Carolina--History.

Lighthouses.

Lighthouses--North Carolina--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

Revised and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Of the over four dozen lighthouse that once dotted the jagged shoreline of North Carolina, only nine still stand, watching over 300 miles of coast. These remaining beacons, though technically obsolete, are cherished monuments of North Carolina history. Instead of warning ships to safer waters, their presence now draws thousands of visitors each year, from historians to tourists. With this book, co-founders of the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts provide a well-researched, heavily illustrated, and human-centered history of these towering structures"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Lighting North Carolina's coastline

The second Bald Head Island lighthouse and other Cape Fear lights

Ocracoke Island lighthouse and its neighbors

Fresnel lenses refocus tower lights

The second Cape Lookout lighthouse

The third Bodie Island lighthouse

North Carolina lighthouses, 1861-1865

The second Cape Hatteras lighthouse: the move of the century

Light vessels and a new type of offshore tower: working off the grid

Currituck Beach light station: lighting the way to living history

Facelifts in old age: restoration efforts and changing roles for North Carolina's lights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908562-6-5

1-4696-4149-6