Cape Hatteras Lighthouse - Buxton - TravBuddy

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is the tallest in the nation and a famous symbol of North Carolina. towering 196 feet from the base to the top and then topped with an iron superstructure it became the tallest lighthouse at 208 feet. it weighs 6,250 tons its walls are 14 feet of solid masonry and narrow to 8 feet at the top. at the time of its construction, it cost 155,000 dollars and is a 1st order fresnel light. It has 2 nick names, "Americas Lighthouse" and "The Big Barbor Pole". the beacon can be seen some 20 miles out and has warned sailors for more than 100 years of the treacherous diamond shoals and the shallow sandbars which extend out to some 14 miles out into the ocean of Cape Hatteras