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Cape Hatteras Landing 4

Landing and window on the red spiral staircase of lighthouse

On Landing 4, there is a brick barrel-vaulted alcove leading to a window that faces north. A sign on the wall indicates that this is the halfway point to the top of the lighthouse. The floor is black and white marble laid in a checkerboard pattern. A red-painted, cast iron spiral staircase leading up to Landing 5 is visible at the perimeter of the cylindrical interior brick wall, which is painted white. Attached at the landing edge is a vertical cast iron rail system for guiding the weights that turned the original light. The lighthouse keepers that were responsible for maintaining and operating the lighthouse would carry two 5-gallon containers of fuel to the top by hand every single day. These landings were nice spots for those keepers to stop and take breaks on their way up to the top of the lighthouse.

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Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
Latitude: 35.2368392944336, Longitude: -75.6029281616211

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09/18/2015

06/30/2021

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