Slow as a sea turtle on land, the 208-foot-high [63.4-meter-high] Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was rolled to its new home, a half mile [0.8 kilometers] from the beach, at a top speed of one foot [30.5 centimeters] a minute.
Slow as a sea turtle on land, the 208-foot-high [63.4-meter-high] Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was rolled to its new home, a half mile [0.8 kilometers] from the beach, at a top speed of one foot [30.5 centimeters] a minute.
高208英尺（约63.4米）的海持拉斯角灯塔，原来的耸立处在大地震及飓风（40）的侵袭中已被蚀淹，幸存的它便如一只缓慢匍匐于堤岸的海龟般搬迁至半英里（约0.8海里）以外的海滩上。