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<text id=89TT1695>
<title>
July 03, 1989: American Notes:North Carolina
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
July 03, 1989 Great Ball Of Fire:Angry Sun
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 23
American Notes
NORTH CAROLINA
Backing Up From the Sea
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<p> It is a tall order, but the National Park Service wants to
jack up the 208-ft.-tall, 2,800-ton Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
and move it half a mile inland, away from encroaching surf. Only
200 ft. of sand now separates the 118-year-old tower from the
churning Atlantic. Cost of the proposed move: $8.8 million.
Local residents who have grown up in the shadow of the
lighthouse are not yet sold on the idea. "They tell us we can't
climb the tower anymore because it has cracks in it, but they
can pick it up and move it without it crumbling into a pile of
bricks," says Carol Dillon. "I can't believe they would take
such a risk."
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