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Currituck Beach Light
Currituck Beach Lighthouse
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LocationCorolla, North Carolina
Coordinates36°22′36″N 75°49′51″W / 36.376667°N 75.830833°W / 36.376667; -75.830833
Tower
Constructed1875 Edit this on Wikidata
Constructionbrick
Automated1939
Height162 ft (49 m)
ShapeConical tower
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1875
Focal height158 feet (48 m)
LensFirst-order Fresnel lens
Range18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
Characteristic20-second flash cycle (on for 3 seconds, off for 17 seconds)
Currituck Beach Lighthouse / Currituck Beach Lighthouse Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Area30.6 acres (12.4 ha)
NRHP reference No.73001333 (original)
99000911[1] (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1973
Designated HDJanuary 12, 2000

The Currituck Beach Light (/ˈkʊrɪtʌk/)[2] is a lighthouse located on the Outer Banks in Corolla, North Carolina. The Currituck Beach Light was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1973.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Talk Like A Tarheel Archived 2013-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2013-02-05.

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