Cape Hatteras

by Roberts, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9781581820331
• ISBN10: 158182033X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Cumberland House

Summary

This is the complete story of the lighthouse at Cape Hatteras, which for almost two hundred years has guided mariners through the treacherous waters off North Carolina's easternmost point.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xvii
Part 1: The Dearborn Tower
The First Lighthouse	5	(8)
The Stone Guardian by the Sea
1854 Improvements	13	(10)
The Lighthouse Gets a Lift
The Civil War	23	(10)
Sentinels in Gray and Blue
Part 2: The Stetson Tower
The Second Lighthouse	33	(10)
A New Era in Brick
The Unknown Builder	43	(8)
An Enigmatic Carpenter and a Housewright
Other Lights at Cape Hatteras	51	(14)
Floating Lighthouses and Deep-Water Rigs
The Third Lighthouse	65	(12)
Automation and the End of an Era
From Darkness to Light	77	(12)
The War and the Restoration
Part 3: Nature's Way
The Encroaching Tide	89	(10)
Seventy Years of Futility
Juggling a Stack of Bricks	99	(12)
Moving into the Future
Appendix: The Keepers of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse	111	(4)
Bibliography	115	(5)
Credits	120	(1)
Index	121