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After going to see this lighthouse Tuesday evening last week and finding the gates to the grounds locked, we took some photos from outside the complex but went back the next morning for a closer look. I decided to climb to the top of the tower, and found the views ample reward. This shows some of the 214 stairs and the bottom of one of the nine landings, taken when I was back near the bottom of the stairs (1/4-sec, hand-held, ISO 6400).

Built 1873-75 and first lit December 1, 1875, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse wears the natural color of its bricks instead of having a painted design for its day-marking (other lighthouses along North Carolina and Virginia coasts have such painted markings). According to a leaflet available at the site, nearly 1 million bricks were used in building the lighthouse tower, which is about 150 feet tall; roughly 5.5 feet thick at the base, the walls of the tower taper to a thickness of about 3 feet at the top. The focal plane is at 158 feet, and the roof of the lantern room at 162 feet. The first-order Fresnel lens installed in 1875 is still in place; the light was electrified in 1933 and automated in 1937. It remains an active aid to navigation operated by the U.S. Coast Guard.

In 1980, Outer Banks Conservationists, Inc., began a phased restoration of the Currituck Beach Light Station compound, which includes two houses once occupied by keepers; in the years after automation of the light, the structures had fallen into disrepair and were vandalized. The lighthouse was opened to the public in 1991, and today the restoration of the property is essentially complete. Currituck Beach Lighthouse was added to the National Register of HIstoric Places in 1973 (73001333); boundary increases in 2000 converted the listing to the Currituck Beach Lighthouse Complex.

Taken in: United States / North Carolina / Corolla (show map)

Taken on: April 10, 2013

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/7.1, 1/4 sec, 24mm, ISO 6400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.25 sec (1/4)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	6400
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 Macintosh
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