The Outer Banks

1. The Outer Banks Barrier Islands Cape Hatteras

2. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

3. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse • 1870 – the lighthouse is completed, 1500 feet away from the shoreline • 1919 – ocean advances to 300 feet from lighthouse

4. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (early 1900s)

5. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse • 1870 – the lighthouse is completed, 1500 feet away from the shoreline • 1919 – ocean advances to within 300 feet of lighthouse • 1930 – 900 feet of steel groins are placed along shoreline to protect the lighthouse • 1935 – ocean advances to within 100 feet of lighthouse

6. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

7. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse • 1966 – 312,000 cubic yards of sand are pumped onto the beach • 1973 – 1,300,000 cubic yards of sand are pumped onto the beach • 1980 – ocean advances to within 75 feet of lighthouse

8. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

9. What is the solution to this problem?

10. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse • 1966 – 312,000 cubic yards of sand are pumped onto the beach • 1973 – 1,300,000 cubic yards of sand are pumped onto the beach • 1980 – ocean advances to 50 feet from lighthouse • 1999 – lighthouse moved 1500 feet back from the ocean

11. During Relocation

13. During Relocation I got 99 problems, but a beach ain’t one!

14. What do you think? • The relocation efforts cost about $12 million • Was this the right decision?

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