Roanoke Marshes Light

Roanoke Marshes Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in North Carolina, United States.

Roanoke Marshes Light

Roanoke Marshes Light (USCG)
Location	South end of Croatan Sound, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°48′40″N 75°42′02″W
Tower
Foundation	Screw-pile
Construction	cast-iron/wood
Height	37 feet (11 m)
Shape	square house
Light
First lit	1877
Deactivated	1955
Lens	fourth-order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	fixed white with red sector

History

Little is recorded about this light, which was replaced in 1955 with an automated light on a shorter tower. It marks the south entrance to the channel through Croatan Sound, to the east of a marshy shoal extending from the western shore. This places it in the deepest bottom in the area.

There was a predecessor light on this site, beginning in 1857. The pictured light, of conventional screw-pile construction, was lit in 1877. When the light was decommissioned, an unsuccessful attempt was made by a private party to move it, but the house was lost in the sound.

In 2004, a replica of the light was dedicated at the Roanoke Island Maritime Museum in Manteo, North Carolina.

References

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: North Carolina". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
• Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2007. p. 297.
• "Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse". Town of Manteo, NC. Archived from the original on 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2008-10-07.