The BowlersRockLight was a lighthouse located in the Rappahannock River in Virginia, United States. This spot was marked by lightships beginning in 1835...
The Pages RockLight was a lighthouse located in the York River in the Chesapeake Bay. This light was constructed in 1893, a late date for a screw-pile...
The Bells RockLight was a lighthouse located in the York River in Virginia. In the nineteenth century, West Point, Virginia was the head of navigation...
after concern arose about the stability of the first. Both towers of the light station were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970. The first...
Trap Light is a caisson lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay, about seven and a half miles northeast of New Point Comfort Light. It...
Chesapeake Light is an offshore lighthouse marking the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. The structure was first marked with a lightship in the 1930s, and...
The Jones Point Light is a small river lighthouse located on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia. It was built in 1855. It is a small, one-story...
Assateague Light is the 142-foot-tall (43 m) lighthouse located on the southern end of Assateague Island off the coast of the Virginia Eastern Shore,...
Smith Point Light is a caisson lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Potomac River. It was added to the National...
“the light is identified absolutely…” Due to the high cost of these special lenses, only the “4-5” light at Cape Charles, and the “1-4-3” light at Minots...
Nansemond River Light was a screwpile lighthouse located at the confluence of the Nansemond and James rivers in Virginia. This light was erected in 1878...
The York Spit Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the York River in the Chesapeake Bay, marking a long shoal paralleling the main channel into...
The Watts Island Light was a historic lighthouse located near Watts Island in the Chesapeake Bay. It was the only lighthouse built by John Donahoo outside...
The Deepwater Shoals Light was a lighthouse located in the James River upstream from Newport News, Virginia. This light was erected in 1855 to mark the...
Cherrystone Bar Light was a lighthouse located at the entrance to Cape Charles, Virginia harbor in the Chesapeake Bay. It was the only light in the bay moved...
The Stingray Point Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the Rappahannock River. Stingray Point took its name from an incident in which John...
The Tangier Sound Light was a lighthouse located south of Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. This light was constructed in 1890 to mark a shoal extending...
originally intended for the Bells RockLight, so that the light was out of service for only fifty-five days. The second light was plagued by collisions with...
Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the second oldest light in the...
The Jordan Point Light was a lighthouse located on Jordan Point on the James River in Prince George County, Virginia, near the south end of the present...
Craney Island Light was a screwpile lighthouse located just east of Craney Island at the mouth of the Elizabeth River in Virginia. This light replaced the...
Marshes Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the York River in the Chesapeake Bay north of Tue Point near the Goodwin Islands. This light was erected...
The Killock Shoal Light was a lighthouse located at the north end of the channel west of Chincoteague, Virginia. This light was erected in 1886. It was...
The Great Wicomico River Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the Great Wicomico River, south of the Potomac River on the western side of the...
New Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay, United States, off the tip of the Middle Peninsula. Finished in...
The Pungoteague Creek Light was a small screwpile lighthouse constructed in the Chesapeake Bay in 1854. Destroyed in 1856, it had the shortest recorded...
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