Bodie Island Lighthouse

Category: Lighthouses

BODIE ISLAND LIGHT

State: NORTH CAROLINA
Location: 4 MILES NORTH OF OREGON INLET
Nearest City: NAGS HEAD
County: DARE
U.S.C.G. District: 5
Year Station Established: 1848


Existing Historic Tower:
Year Light First Lit: 1872

Is the Light Operational? YES

Date Deactivated: N/A

Automated: 1954

Foundation Materials: TIMBER/GRANITE/RUBBLE

Construction Materials: BRICK/CAST IRON/STONE

Markings/Patterns: WHITE & BLACK BANDS W/BLACK LANTERN

Shape: CONICAL

Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE

Tower Height: 170

Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL

Year Original Lens Installed: 1872

Present Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL

Year Present Lens Installed: 1872

Height of Focal Plane: 156

Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS STILL IN OPERATION

Has tower been moved? NO