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Introduction
Pages 9-14

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... The principal purpose of the lighthouse and its predecessor was to protect shipping from the dangerous Diamond Shoals that extend 13 nautical miles (24 kilometers) seaward -- the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" -- where at least 600 ships have been lost.
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... Photograph courtesy United States National Archives.
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... . These measures included an artificial dune constructed along Hatteras Island by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s; a field of three groins abreast and north of the tower constructed in 1969-70, repaired in 1975, and now deteriorating; nourishment of the beach north of the lighthouse with 200,000 cubic yards 153,000 cubic meters)
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... 12 Saving Cape Hatteras Lighthouse FIGURE 2 Aerial view of lighthouse and beach showing effect of groinfield on beach erosion. Photograph by D
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... , submerging objects offshore to create an artificial reef, constructing offshore breakwaters with rehabilitation of the groinfield, installing artificial seagrass, continuing beach Several studies and reports prepared since 1980 addressed the preservation of the lighthouse; examples are cited throughout this report and are described in Appendix A nourishment.
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... Science cannot adjudicate the legislative mandates and public policies under which NPS manages national seashores. The committee recognizes that the final decision concerning options for preserving Cape Hatteras Lighthouse will involve important factors outside its purview -- public sentiment and politics in particular.
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