Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.
Frying Pan Shoals Light Tower is a decommissioned lighthouse located approximately 29 miles (47 km) southeast of Southport North Carolina.The light tower is modeled after a steel oil drilling platform known as a “Texas Tower (lighthouse)” on top of foursteel legs that was engineered to be used as a lighthouse housing several Coast Guard members. The 80-foot (24 m) light tower marks the shoals at the confluence of the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean. The platform consists of two floors.
