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The original pier was built in 1923 and has been rebuilt and restored several times since then due to wear and tear over the years. On the night of July 24–25, 1943, a German U-boat fired at least three shells to attack the Ethyl-Dow Chemical Company plant at Kure's Beach (post-war: Kure Beach), but instead hit the Cape Fear River.
A view of the Kure Beach Pier from the boardwalk. It was first built in 1923 by L.C. Kure. Hans Kure's son, L.C. Kure, built the first public fishing pier on Kure Beach in 1923. Kure relatives still run the pier today. [20] In 1933 the Dow Chemical Company and the Ethyl Corporation built a plant near Kure Beach for extracting bromine from seawater.
The Federal Point Historic Preservation Society will will commemorate the 98-year-old Kure Beach Pier with a plaque.
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area is a 287-acre (1.16 km 2) [1] North Carolina state park in New Hanover County, North Carolina in the United States.Located near Kure Beach, North Carolina, it includes Fort Fisher, site of a major naval engagement during the American Civil War.
The bike and pedestrian projects in Kure Beach are part of a plan adopted by the town council in 2022. Here's an update on the status of the projects.
Over 72 hours, Carolina and Kure had officially received more than a foot of rain, and the National Weather Service said some residents’ rain gauges showed more than 18 inches near 2 p.m.
North Carolina Aquariums is a system of three public aquariums located in Kure Beach, Roanoke Island and Pine Knoll Shores.All are operated by the Aquariums Division of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources since 1976 and were accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. [2]
Mistaken for a blockade runner and rammed by USS Monticello off Kure Beach. [6] Pevensey Confederate States: Blockade runner, sank off Atlantic Beach. Phantom Confederate States: 1863 Steel-hulled blockade runner; sunk at Topsail Inlet. USS Pilgrim United States: 1935 Patrol vessel that was scuttled off Harkers Island as a breakwater.