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Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse, Manteo, USA
A beacon reborn
On this island in the US state of North Carolina, best known for a 16th-century colony that mysteriously vanished, a lost lighthouse lives on in replica. The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse is a reconstruction of a screw-pile light that stood from 1877 to 1955 in the middle of Croatan Sound, several kilometres from here on Roanoke Island's opposite side. After its decommissioning, a failed attempt at moving the light sent it sinking to the bottom of the sound. Completed by history-conscious locals in 2004, the reconstructed light now houses a free museum and features a Fresnel lens similar to the original beacon's.
A beacon reborn
On this island in the US state of North Carolina, best known for a 16th-century colony that mysteriously vanished, a lost lighthouse lives on in replica. The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse is a reconstruction of a screw-pile light that stood from 1877 to 1955 in the middle of Croatan Sound, several kilometres from here on Roanoke Island's opposite side. After its decommissioning, a failed attempt at moving the light sent it sinking to the bottom of the sound. Completed by history-conscious locals in 2004, the reconstructed light now houses a free museum and features a Fresnel lens similar to the original beacon's.
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