Due to the encroaching sea, this North Carolina cape's lighthouse, the USA's tallest, was moved in 1999
The plan was met here with some derision by 
folks who considered moving the nation's tallest lighthouse akin to... [DOC] [TLE] Cape Hatteras Lighthouse - Buxton, North Carolina [PAR] Apr 4, 2013 ... History of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse ... however, progress would slow due to 
the onset of yellow fever.