Oak Island Lighthouse
by Sandi OReilly
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Oak Island Lighthouse
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Sandi OReilly
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Photograph - Photography
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During a visit to our North Carolina coast, we stopped at this lighthouse, the Oak Island Lighthouse at the very end of Oak Island at Caswell Beach. Standing among the high dunes along the coast, we marveled at how it had been build and the beautiful scenery and beach it faces. I used a painterly look and texture with this image.
Completed in 1958 at a cost of $110,000, the Oak Island Lighthouse is the newest of the picturesque lighthouses that dot the North Carolina coast.
Located in Caswell Beach, the tower is 148-feet tall, but stands on rising ground so that the light itself is 169 feet above sea level. It is unique among North Carolina's lighthouses in that the interior of the tower is uniform in
diameter (just over 16-feet, four inches) from bottom to top.
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Because it was built during the modern era, the Oak Island Lighthouse is of poured concrete design. After establishing a solid foundation by driving pilings 67 feet down into Oak Island, the government built the tower atop its octagonal base by pouring concrete non-stop into a movable form. Once the on-site concrete mixing plant started operation, the work went on 24-hours a day,
7-days a week until the tower was finished.
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Laurie Search
This is such a beautiful image, dear Sandi!!! I love the composition, light, and shadows, and those clouds are amazing!!! :)))vft
Sandi OReilly
Ann, thank you very much, yes it is really tall!! To see it in person is amazing, can't imaging climbing up in this one!! :) Appreciate your Fave/Like!!
Ann Horn
Great capture of this really tall lighthouse, Sandi. It rises up straight as can be, doesn't it! f/l
Carolyn Marshall
North Carolina is such a beautiful state and has some really great treasures to find. You definitely found one in this lighthouse. It looks so tall! Great image.
Sandi OReilly
Well, legend is not always right so we will see, I sure hope not, but many will keep looking for it I am sure! Thanks, Everett!
Sandi OReilly
Wow, thank you for sharing this, Everett, did not know this and been to his museum. What an amazing amount of history here, and do wonder now if they will ever get to the "bottom" of it all and find the real treasure and parts of the ship. People will keep trying, I am sure!! If that kind of gold chain was found, well..... Sure there will be more of a hunt!!
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