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- 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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- <article>
- <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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- </body></article>
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