Roanoke Marshes Light

Infobox_Lighthouse


caption = Roanoke Marshes Light (USCG)
location = South end of Croatan Sound, North Carolina
coordinates = coor dms|35|48|40|N|75|42|02|W|type:landmark
yearbuilt =
yearlit = 1877
automated =
yeardeactivated = 1955
foundation = screw-pile
construction = cast-iron/wood
shape = square house
marking =
height = 37 ft
elevation =
lens = fourth-order Fresnel lens
currentlens =
intensity =
range =
characteristic = fixed white with red sector

Roanoke Marshes Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in North Carolina.

History

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. Ironically 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.

References

*cite web
url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHNC.asp
title = Historic Light Station Information & Photography: North Carolina
publisher=United States Coast Guard
accessdate=2008-10-07
*cite book
title=List List: Volume II: Atlantic Coast: Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina
url=http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/V2COMPLETE.pdf
publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office
location=Washington, DC
date=2007
isbn=0-16-072985-8
pages=297
accessdate=2008-10-07
*cite web
url=http://www.manteo.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B4948728C-E11D-44B2-A6D0-9CCBBFC5C09D%7D
title=Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse
publisher=Town of Manteo, NC
accessdate=2008-10-07