Oak Island lighthouse in North Carolina was completed in 1958 to replace the steel lighthouse on Bald Head island. The structure is 153 feet tall, and the light can be seen for 16 nautical miles. Built of steel reinforced concrete with 3 rings of embedded color, there is no spiral staircase as found in other lighthouses, but instead a series of ships ladders. A total 131 steps leads you to the gallery level.
When the lighthouse was activated in 1958, carbon-arc mercury lamps were used in the lower 36 inch reflectors. When these lamps were in use, the Oak island light generated 70,000,000 candle power making it the brightest in the U.S. and the second brightest in the world. Currently the lights are powered by a 1,000 watt halogen bulb that generates 2,500,000 candle power and displays 4 one second “flashes” followed by 6 seconds of blank. In 2004, the lighthouse and the surrounding property were deeded to the Town of Caswell Beach as part of the Federal Land to Park program.
About Jeff McClintock
Jeff McClintock is an award winning Real Estate Architectural, Travel and Landscape photographer. He accepts assignments locally and internationally in the United States, Canada and Western Europe . Jeff McClintock’s images first started appearing in magazines and publications back in 1988. Over the years his images have appeared in Sierra Club, National Géographique, Best of Photography, Country, & 5280 Magazine. His images has been used to promote Travel through Visitor Bureau’s in Québec, Canada, Colorado, Wyoming & Pennsylvania.
Based out of Charlotte, North Carolina Jeff focuses his day-to-day energy providing high quality real estate images. His services for residential photography extend throughout the United States and Canada. Jeff routinely travels back & forth between Colorado and North Carolina providing high quality still image photos to Realtors, custom builders, architects, hotels, resorts, interior designers and home staging experts. Jeff’s images are used to assist his client’s personal marketing of their business and services. He has photographed properties owned by celebrities, and musical recording artists. He also shoots commercial images for businesses looking to expand, update their operations, through their marketing materials and or a company website. If you’re interested in photography services for you’re next project please contact us, we would be happy to discuss it with you!