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Bogue Banks Beacon

ARLHS USA-1166

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Located in United States Of America Call Area

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Also Known As:
ARLHS USA 1166, USA-1166, USA 1166, Bogue Banks Front
State or Province North Carolina
Coordinates
DD.DD: 34.69533, -76.67880
DM: 34° 41.720' N, 076° 40.728' W
DMS: 34° 41' 43" N, 076° 40' 44" W
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Structure removed, relocated, destroyed or otherwise lost? yes
Listed in the World List of Lights since
2006-06-01
Built 1854 about 50 yards from the "southern point" of Fort Macon to work with the primary lighthouse NW of the Fort.

Destroyed by Confederate defenders during the Civil War. The optics were, however, carefully preserved.

http://www.coastalreview.org/2016/03/13524/

https://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/nc.htm
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This record modified May 30, 2016. - Feedback to the WLOL Maintainer

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