Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

- The Hatteras light before the move.

- PRE MOVE: Looking up at the lighthouse.

- PRE MOVE: Looking at the tower across the parking lot.

- PRE MOVE: Looking out from the top. If you follow the line straight into the trees, that is where Hatteras will have been moved.

- PRE MOVE: Looking south down the beach.

- PRE MOVE: Looking at Hatteras from the parking lot.

- PRE MOVE: People visit the tower.

- PRE MOVE: People crowd the top to get the best view.

- PRE MOVE: The window needs some work.

- PRE MOVE: View of the original rotating mechanism.

- PRE MOVE: The stairs up to the lens area.

- PRE MOVE: Storage area at the bottom of the tower.

- PRE MOVE: My wife looks over the side of the tower.

- PRE MOVE: The beach area that Hatteras watches over.

- PRE MOVE: The base of the tower and fence.

- PRE MOVE: Lanterns from the museum.

- PRE MOVE: Prisms from the Fresnel lens.

- PRE MOVE: Pictures on the wall of the museum.

- PRE MOVE: Looking up at the modern lighting system in place at Hatteras.

- PRE MOVE: The original rotating system.

- PRE MOVE: Looking up at the stairs and landings.

- PRE MOVE: Marble inlay stating the station's name at latitude / longitude.

- PRE MOVE: The lighthouse from a distance.

- PRE MOVE: Looking north from the tower.

- PRE MOVE: Looking north, seawalls visible.

- PRE MOVE: Looking out at a seawall. These were put in place to stop the erosion. They did not work.

- PRE MOVE: Looking out into the Atlantic Ocean.

- PRE MOVE: Looking south-west. Route 12 visible.

- PRE MOVE: Looking north. This picture shows just how narrow the barrier islands really are.

- PRE MOVE: Looking north up the coast line.

- PRE MOVE: Looking down at the two keeper's quarters.

- PRE MOVE: Keeper's quarters.

- PRE MOVE: The lighthouse and its shadow.

- PRE MOVE: The salty ocean air takes its toll on the tower.

- PRE MOVE: The salty ocean breeze takes its toll on the railing.

- PRE MOVE: The new modern lantern in place at Hatteras.

- PRE MOVE: Ground view of the keeper's quarters.

- PRE MOVE: The oil house.

- DURING MOVE: The tower sits on steel girders.

- DURING MOVE: A worker walks out from the tower towards the control station.

- DURING MOVE: Electrical generator and the hydraulic jacks.

- DURING MOVE: A worker getting ready to go beneath the tower.

- DURING MOVE: The keeper's quarters resting in its new location.

- DURING MOVE: The other keeper's quarters in its new location.

- DURING MOVE: Rollers used to move the tower. It's sort of like putting a skateboard underneath something to roll it.

- DURING MOVE: The tower on steel girders being moved.

- DURING MOVE: The move site.

- DURING MOVE: Expert House Movers, Inc touting their lighthouse move feats. The lighthouse on the shoulder is Southeast Block Island.

- DURING MOVE: The lighthouse on the move.

- DURING MOVE: Some of the original foundation bricks in the foreground.

- DURING MOVE: The tower entrace and the control station to monitor the tower's tilt / lean.

- DURING MOVE: The lighthouse on the move.

- DURING MOVE: The lighthouse on the move.

- DURING MOVE: The keeper's quarters braced up for the move. This picture was taken after the building was moved.

- DURING MOVE: The oil house was put on a trailer to be moved.

- DURING MOVE: The hydraulic jacks that pushed Hatteras along the girders.

- DURING MOVE: The control area to detect lean / tilt.

- DURING MOVE: A Bobcat at the site.

- DURING MOVE: A pump at the site to keep water out.

- DURING MOVE: The underneath of the tower.

- DURING MOVE: Steel pilings hold up the tower.

- DURING MOVE: Workers converge underneath the tower.

- DURING MOVE: Sensors to detect the lean / tilt of the tower.

- DURING MOVE: Water pump to keep sea water out of the hole.

- DURING MOVE: Looking at the tower along the move path.

- DURING MOVE: The relocation of Cape Hatteras sign.

- DURING MOVE: The move path of girders.

- DURING MOVE: "Another Structure Recycled."

- DURING MOVE: The hole where Hatteras once sat.

- DURING MOVE: The hole where Hatteras once sat.

- DURING MOVE: The backside of the "STOP" sign.

- DURING MOVE: The construction site.

- DURING MOVE: A worker helps move the tower.

- DURING MOVE: The jacks that pushed the tower.

- DURING MOVE: The oil house on the move.

- DURING MOVE: The tower after the move.

- DURING MOVE: The tower over the trees.

- DURING MOVE: The tower after it made the journey.

- DURING MOVE: The tower after the move.

- DURING MOVE: Cape Hatteras on life support.

- POST MOVE: Cape Hatteras looking down the move path.

- POST MOVE: Keeper's quarters in its new location. Grass starting to grow.

- POST MOVE: The move path.

- POST MOVE: Looking at Hatteras from the move path.

- POST MOVE: Hatteras from the move path.

- POST MOVE: Hatteras still closed off after the move.

- PRE MOVE: Walking towards Hatteras lighthouse.

- PRE MOVE: Possibly the site of the original 1800s lighthouse.

- POST MOVE: Where the lighthouse now stands as of 7/24/2000. A misty day at the lighthouse.