 Roanoke Marshes Light (USCG) | |
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| Location | South end of Croatan Sound, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°48′40″N75°42′02″W / 35.81111°N 75.70056°W |
| Tower | |
| Foundation | Screw-pile |
| Construction | cast-iron/wood |
| Height | 37 feet (11 m) |
| Shape | square house |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1877 |
| Deactivated | 1955 |
| Lens | fourth-order Fresnel lens |
| Characteristic | fixed white with red sector |
Roanoke Marshes Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in North Carolina, United States.
Little is recorded about this light, which was replaced in 1955 with an automated light on a shorter tower. It marks the south entrance to the channel through Croatan Sound, to the east of a marshy shoal extending from the western shore. This places it in the deepest bottom in the area.
There was a predecessor light on this site, beginning in 1857. The pictured light, of conventional screw-pile construction, was lit in 1877. When the light was decommissioned, an unsuccessful attempt was made by a private party to move it, but the house was lost in the sound.
In 2004, a replica of the light was dedicated at the Roanoke Island Maritime Museum in Manteo, North Carolina.
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