The Prices Creek lighthouse was built on August 14, 1848.

Prices Creek was made out of bricks.

Prices Creek lighthouse is 25 feet and 11 inches.

Prices Creek Lighthouse is 17 feet wide.

Prices Creek is located near Southport, North Carolina.

Prices Creek
lighthouse was a piece of the system of lights that served the ounce bustling trade route from the mouth of Cape Fear River to Wilmington.

Prices Creek lighthouse got its name from a creek near by names Price Creek.

Prices Creek lighthouse is not in use.

FUN FACTS

• Prices Creek lighthouse is the only one out of eight lighthouses around the Cape Fear River that was authorized by congress in 1848, that is still standing
• The lights were needed to illuminate the 25-mile stretch of the Cape Fear River between Oak Island and Wilmington

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Prices creek lighthouse is not in use.

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