Wade Point Light, Pasquotank River, North Carolina
Screwpile style lighthouse built in 1855.
WADE POINT LIGHT
Location: IN 8 FEET OF WATER, ON THE SHOAL MAKING OFF FROM WADE POINT, ABOUT 3-3/4 MILES TO THE EASTWARD OF THE POINT, AND ON THE WESTERLY SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE TO PASQUOTANK RIVER, NORTHERLY SIDE OF THE ALBEMARLE SOUND
Station Established: 1826
Year Last Tower(s) First Lit: 1899
Operational: No
Automated: ?
Deactivated: ?
Tower Shape / Markings / Pattern: White, square, screw-pile structure; piles and roof, brown; lantern, black. Old pile structure adjacent and connected by a foot-bridge.
Height: 39'
Original Lens: Fourth Order
Characteristic: Fixed white
Fog Signal: a