File:Ocracoke Light, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina LCCN2011630329.tif
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[edit]DescriptionOcracoke Light, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina LCCN2011630329.tif |
English: Title: Ocracoke Light, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
Physical description: 1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller. Notes: Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.; Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).; Built in 1823 by Massachusetts builder Noah Porter. In 1864, Confederate troops dismantled the fourth-order Fresnel Lens, but Union forces later restored it. Ocracoke Light is the oldest operating light station in North Carolina. The lighthouse was automated in 1955.; Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer.; Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. |
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Image title | Ocracoke Light was built in Hyde County, on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina in 1823 by Massachusetts builder Noah Porter. The lighthouse stands 75 feet (23 m) tall. Its diameter narrows from 25 feet (8 m) at the base to 12 feet (3.7 m) at its peak.
In 1864, Confederate troops dismantled the fourth-order Fresnel Lens, but Union forces later restored it. Ocracoke Light is the oldest operating light station in North Carolina. The lighthouse was automated in 1955. |
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File change date and time | 09:30, 19 July 2011 |
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