Welcome to the Outer Banks

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Welcome to the Outer Banks Lydia Sargent Fourth
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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

• Tallest brick lighthouse in North America
• Built in 1870
• 208 feet tall

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Bodie Lighthouse

• Built in 1872
• 150 feet tall

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Currituck Lighthouse

• Built in 1873
• 214 steps
• 158 feet tall
• Over I million bricks
• Natural brick color

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Ocracoke Lighthouse

• Built in 1823
• Oldest operating lighthouse in North Carolina
• 65 feet tall

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Wright Brothers Monument

• Monument to the first airplane flight on December
  17, 1903
• The Wright Brothers choose Kitty Hawk because of
  the strong winds

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First Airplane

• Exact replica of the plane the Wright Brothers
  flew in 1903
• Made of wood and cloth

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First Flight

• Monument shows how far the first flight went-120
  feet
• Orville was the pilot
• Monument shows how far the second flight went-852
  feet
• Wilbur was the pilot

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Jockeys Ridge

• Highest sand dune on the Atlantic coast
• 140 feet high
• Near Kitty Hawk
• Attracts visitors who enjoy hang gliding