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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Bodie Island Lighthouse Set for Repairs
 Constructed in 1872, the Bodie Island Lighthouse has been slowly decaying ever since. Two years ago four large chunks of metal, one weighing over 450 pounds, fell from the lighthouse gallery and the public has not been allowed in since. An emergency stabilization project is now expected to kick off in November and once it is complete, visitors will once again be welcome. The project will even allow visitors to climb the 205 stairs with their diamond shaped openings all the way to the top of the 156-foot tower that has been closed even longer. After the initial collapse of the gallery, steel cables were wrapped around the gallery and attached to the roof for support. The new stabilization project will add additional support and cover the lighthouse's rare first-order Fresnel lens with a foam cover. The Outer Banks Lighthouse Society and Outer Banks Tourism Bureau contributed large portions of the project's costs. The complete restoration of the Bodie lighthouse was originally budgeted for 2007 but has recently been pushed back to 2009. More on the lighthouse repairs is available from the The Virginian-Pilot; the history of the lighthouse is available from the National Parks Service.
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