Photograph is an aerial view of the Bald Head Inn. Sandbags line the edge of the property to protect the Inn from the Atlantic Ocean. The Inn later lost it's battle to erosion and the structure was taken down.
Smith Island is the official name of the island, but it is commonly called Bald Head Island. The island was named for Landgrave Thomas Smith who acquired it in 1690. The lighthouse was built by 1817.
Smith Island is the official name of the island, but it is commonly called Bald Head Island. The island was named for Landgrave Thomas Smith who acquired it in 1690. The lighthouse was built by 1817.
Bald Head Island, Smith Island, Old Baldy, Lighthouse
Smith Island is the official name of the island, but it is commonly called Bald Head Island. The island was named for Landgrave Thomas Smith who acquired it in 1690. The lighthouse was built by 1817.
Head lineman, Larry George (left) and Tracy Lineback, assistant head lineman, of Aeronautics, Inc. wash down a Gulf Air Charter 727-100 at the New Hanover County Airport.
Louis Compo (left) and his wife, Betty, along with Madeleine Robertson and her husband, John Robertson, were touring the lighthouse grounds on Bald Head Island. The couples from Long Beach were visiting the island for the first time.
cyclists, teens, New Hanover County, North Carolina, bicycles, beachgoers
Bikers, Shawn Pearson in sun glasses (left front) and Kristina Sebastian carrying a 1989 Roman Gabriel Celebrity Golf Tournament sports bag (right front) lead their friends Jennifer Suber and Andy Spicer (partially hidden) down Causeway Dr. Friday...
New Hanover County, North Carolina, businesses, Wilmington
Mr. Jerry Childers welds on stainless steel as Ronnie Ferguson turns his head. The two work for G.H. Martin Boathouse and Docks of Gainesville, Georgia. They were working on an anchor piece that will hold a boathouse in place at the Unocal...