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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Notes:
This lighthouse is the tallest of its type and the second tallest overall in the U.S. The keeper's house was destroyed by a brush fire in July 2000. The island and lighthouse grounds are managed by the Nature Conservancy. Tower Height: 191 Height of Focal Plane: 180 Description of Tower: White, cast iron skeletal tower with central cylinder, black lantern.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Coal house. generator shed, storehouse, privy. Earlier Towers?
1828: 60-foot stone tower; 1864: 150-foot conical brick tower. Date Established: 1828 Date Present Tower Built: 1895 Date Automated: 1963 Optics: 1864: First order Fresnel lens (now at Newport News Mariners' Museum); now 190 mm solar-powered optic. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? No. Directions:
Accessible by boat only.
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