List Of Hatteras Northern Lights Troubleshooting References. Lighthouse opened to the public. On july 10, 1794, after secretary of treasury alexander hamilton requested that they make a lighthouse on this location after his ship almost crashed and sunk on its to way to the new world giving it the nickname hamilton's light congress appropriated $44,000 for erecting a lighthouse on the headland of cape hatteras and a lighted beacon on shell castle island, in the harbor of ocraco…

Web cape hatteras national seashore established. The national park service awarded a $19.2 million contract to stone & lime historic restoration services, inc. 16, 2020, marks the 150 th anniversary of the first lighting of the cape hatteras lighthouse.