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With a 20-second flash cycle (on for 3 seconds, off for 17 seconds), the light can be seen for 18 nautical miles (33 km). The distinctive sequence enables the lighthouse not only to warn mariners but also to help identify their locations. The original four-bulb light system has been replaced
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As it had reported in previous years, the U.S. Light-House Board in 1872 stated that ships, cargoes, and lives continued to be lost along the 40 miles (64 km) of dark coastline that lay beyond the reaches of existing lighthouses. Southbound ships sailing closer to shore to avoid the
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Meghan Agresto, Site Manager, Currituck Beach Lighthouse. Phone 252-453-8152.
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The Currituck Beach Lighthouse, administration. Phone 252-453-8152.
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Buildings and structures in Currituck County, North Carolina
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752:. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
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2334:Mecklenburg
1532:State Parks
1450:Lighthouses
1351:Raleigh Bay
1293:Hyde County
1206:Dare County
1091:Mary Island
1054:Outer Banks
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472:focal plane
385:Outer Banks
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2164:Cumberland
1859:Blackbeard
1849:John White
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1401:Back Sound
1396:Core Sound
1346:Onslow Bay
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1221:Kitty Hawk
1177:Sandbridge
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1111:Pea Island
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663:References
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93:75°49′51″W
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1286:Hatteras
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1251:Wanchese
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310:99000911
305:73001333
173:Heritage
65:Location
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2509:Watauga
2479:Tyrrell
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2424:Robeson
2379:Pamlico
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1883:Weather
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1834:Croatan
1774:History
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69:Corolla
2534:Yancey
2529:Yadkin
2524:Wilson
2519:Wilkes
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2459:Stokes
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1973:Topics
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1367:Sounds
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1276:Buxton
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2349:Moore
2314:Macon
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2064:Avery
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192:Light
168:tower
162:Shape
141:brick
118:Tower
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