Interior of Ocracoke Lighthouse, looking up from the bottom. These stairs aren’t original, having replaced the original wall-mounted stairs some time during the 1950s or 1960s. Visitors aren’t allowed to climb this lighthouse due to the lack of safety features on the stairs, and because you have to crawl through a small tunnel when you get to the top in order to access the lighthouse balcony.
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