Oak Island

Location

• Oak Island is close to Cape Fear River.
• Oak Island is located in Caswell Beach, North Carolina
• Take 133 south over Oak Island Bridge
• Oak Island is located in the state of North Carolina near the Outer Banks
• Mailing address is 1,100 Caswell Beach Road, Caswell Beach, North Carolina 28465

History

• 1761 hurricane blew out eight miles of the land but Oak Island was not destroyed.
• The Oak Island Lighthouse was completed in 1958
• Oak Island was built to warn sailors about the Frying Pan Shoals.
• Helicopters had to install the Oak Island light
• Captain Charles N. Swan served the Frying Pan lightship and was the keeper of Cape Fear light and then switched to Oak Island

Characteristics

• Oak Island has three straight stripes
• The color of the stripes are gray, white, and black
• Oak Island is 148 feet high
• 20 feet above the water
• Oak Island is near houses by the Outer Banks
• There is no spiral staircase, but a series of ship ladders to reach the top.

Famous

• Some people may want to visit Oak Island because how powerful the light
• One reasonis the amazing colors of the lighthouse
• How far the light will go
• Look at where it is located
• What the last lighthouse to be built looks like

Interesting facts

• Oak Island cost $110,000,000
• Oak Island uses a four 1000watt bulb
• They put color in the concert so they don't have to paint ever again
• Oak land is a mixture of new and old
• Two brick towers, space 130 yards apart long ago