1811 when Roanoke inlet that separated it from the Currituck Banks to the north closed. Local gift shops sell maps of the shipwrecks on the ocean floor. An impressive array of ships have been sunk due to storms, shoals, and German U-boats during World War I and World War II. This lighthouse appears in the background of the 1963–1964 Federal Duck Stamp. After years of raising funds and postponement, work to restore the cast iron and other parts in need of work began on the lighthouse in August 2009. As of March 2010, the outside scaffolding was 100% complete while interior scaffolding was 50% completed. The restoration was stopped in spring 2011 after significant new structural integrity issues were found in many of the main support beams under the balcony. The additional repairs needed were too costly to finish in the original restoration project. In August, 2011 Hurricane Irene blew out some of the newly restored lantern room glass and tore away a protective shroud covering the lantern room. Flooding caused buckling of the floors in the Bodie Island Light Station Double Keepers Quarters. Additional funding was obtained to continue the restoration, which was restarted in 2012 and completed in March 2013. There was a re-lighting ceremony on April 18, 2013, and the lighthouse was opened for the general public to climb the following day for a fee. Timeline Gallery See also Lighthouses in the United States Currituck Beach Lighthouse – the only other lighthouse in North Carolina that retains an active first-order Fresnel lens Dongji Island Lighthouse - painted with a similar pattern References External links The Bodie Island Lighthouse National Park Service Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Bodie Island Light Station Double Keepers Quarters: Historic Structure Report National Park Service Bodie Island Light on Federal Duck Stamp 1963–1964 Federal Duck Stamp by Edward J. Bierly. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 2008-08-15. Buildings and structures in Dare County, North Carolina Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina North Carolina in the American Civil War Outer Banks Tourist attractions in Dare County, North Carolina Cape Hatteras National Seashore National Register of Historic Places in Dare County, North Carolina 1872 establishments in North Carolina Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina