Bodie Island Light
Station, North Carolina, US
The
Bodie Island Light Station that stands today is actually the third lighthouse
to grace this spot. The first, built in 1847, was so poorly constructed that it
began to lean over just two years after completion, and was torn down in 1859.
A second tower was quickly erected but was blown up by Confederate troops in
1861. The current incarnation, built between 1871 and 1872, has a striking
black-and-white striped design and it’s one of the few lighthouses that still
uses an original Fresnel lens.
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