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• Estes, Lt. Col. Kenneth W. (Ret.). Handbook for Marine NCOs. Naval Institute Press; Annapolis, MD. p. p 13. ISBN 1-55750-238-2. {{cite book}}: |page= has extra text (help)

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Historic Light Station Information - NORTH CAROLINA

CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT:

• 1875: 1 December: Beacon was first lit.
• 1876: The Victorian "stick style" keeper's house was completed.
• 1920: An 1870's dwelling was moved from the Long Point Lighthouse Station to the site as a smaller keeper's residence.
• 1939: Light was automated under USCG control.
• 2001: The Coast Guard determined the Currituck Beach Lighthouse to be excess. Currituck Light was among the first lighthouses to be excessed after the passage of National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act (NHLPA).
• The Historical Services Administration deeded the keeper's house and the land around the house to the state of North Carolina. The lighthouse remained the property of the federal government. Keeper's house was empty, decaying and open to the elements for further deterioration and vandalism.
• The Outer Banks Conservationists, Inc. signed a 50 year lease with the state of North Carolina to begin restoring the property. The lighthouse was reopened to the public. The Outer Banks Conservationists, Inc. continued to maintain and restore the structures on the lighthouse property.
• On 17 October 2003 the deed to the lighthouse was transferred to the Outer Banks Conservationists, Inc., through the auspices of the NHLPA.

United States Coast Guard

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Charleston Harbor Fortifications - Maps & Satellite Photos
Emplacement	Armament	Location	Coordinates
Fort Sumter			32°45′7.97″N 79°52′29″W
Fort Moultrie		Sullivan's Island	32°45′33.84″N 79°51′28″W
Fort Johnson		James' Island	32°45′7.97″N 79°53′53.2″W
Castle Pinckney		Shute's Folley Island	32°46′25.12″N 79°54′39.6″W
Floating Battery	2 42 lb. & 2 32 lb. Naval guns	Sullivan's Island	32°46′2.46″N 79°51′54″W
Dahlgren Battery	1 Dahlgren gun	Sullivan's Island	32°45′55″N 79°51′52.2″W
Enfilade Battery		Sullivan's Island	32°45′46″N 79°51′43.2″W
Mortar Battery #1		Western Flank outside of Ft. Moultrie, Sullivan's Island	32°45′33.8″N 79°51′31.7″W
Oblique Battery		inside Ft. Moultrie, Sullivan's Island	32°45′33.84″N 79°51′28″W
Sumter Battery		inside Ft. Moultrie, Sullivan's Island	32°45′33.84″N 79°51′28″W
Channel Battery		Eastern Flank outside of Ft. Moultrie, Sullivan's Island
Mortar Battery #2		Sullivan's Island	32°45′27.7″N 79°51′16.2″W
Cumming's Point Battery		Morris Island (later Battery Gregg)	32°44′31.25″N 79°52′20.72″W
Iron Battery		Morris Island (Steven's Battery)	32°44′16.25″N 79°52′14.6″W
Morris Island Battery		Morris Island (Star of the West Battery)
Trapier's Battery		Morris Island
Eastern James' Island Battery		James' Island	32°44′59.33″N 79°53′49.2″W

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Lighthouse and Harbor Timeline
Date	Event
1872	Sand Beach Selected for a harbor of refuge.
1873	Construction begins on the breakwall. Jenks and Co. builds a dock in the harbor.
1876	The first lighthouse is constructed. It is a skeletal structure with a lamp room and one other small room below. Willis Graves is the first light keeper. Between 1877 and 1899, 47,460 ships took shelter in the Sand Beach Harbor of Refuge.
1878	Loren Trescott appointed Light Keeper. He remained the keeper for 34 years.
1880	Lamp converted to kerosene; burned as bright, but less expensive than lard oil.
1881	Sand Beach Life Saving Station built.
1882	Captain Wagstaff appointed Harbor Master.
1884	Foundation for new light house built west of the breakwall, north of the main entrance.
1885	Current lighthouse built, original light moved to north entrance. South pier light established.
1898	Captain Rice appointed Harbor Master.
1899	Sand Beach renamed to Harbor Beach.
1904	After years of repairing storm damage, the wood superstructure was replaced with concrete.
1909	Life Saving Station moved to the Jenks Dock.
1913	Storm of November 1913 does $300,000 damage to the breakwall. Hundreds of sailors killed as their ships sink or are destroyed.
1914	Illuminating apparatus within the lens was upgraded from oil wick to incandescent oil vapor.
1919	The 10" steam boilers and 10-inch whistles were removed from the fog signal building and replaced by a pair of Type "F" diaphones.
1920	U.S. Coast Guard takes over Harbor Master duties. Archibald Davidson appointed lighthouse keeper.
1935	U.S. Coast Guard station built 300 yards off shore in the harbor. Otto Both appointed Lighthouse keeper.
1935	Installation of a radio beacon at the station.
1940	Thomas Radcliff appointed Lighthouse keeper. Later in the decade the Coast Guard takes over operation of the lighthouse.
1967	The lighthouse is operated remotely from shore. Last year for anyone to live in the lighthouse.
1984	The Harbor Beach Lighthouse and Breakwall Preservation Society formed.
1996	The Original Fourth Order Fresnel Lens was replaced.
1999	The Coast Guard restored the crib foundation.

Michigan Lighthouse Geographical Layout