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N.C. LOST LIGHTHOUSES

This is a pen and ink of "North Carolina's Lost Lighthouses." As the title says, "North Carolina's Lost Lighthouses" dotted the hundreds of miles of coast from the northern most inlet to the southern tip where the Cape Fear River enters the Atlantic in Wilmington, where I lived. There were many, many hours of research to obtain the information, reference photos and drawings to complete this piece. The oldest being the Shell Castle Lighthouse built in 1800 and the Cape Fear Lighthouse in Wilmington (one of the newer ones) was one of the last one to be toppled in 1958. There were even several anchored ships with "guiding lights" attached to help incoming and out going ships and boats. The Carolina Coast is rumored to have more sunken ships off its coast than any other. Beautiful coast, very, very treacherous.

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