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The lighthouse was also downgraded along with these changes; the Coast Guard reclassified it as a "second class tall nun buoy". This also marked the beginning of a period of neglect. In 1979, the now unstaffed light was struck by a tugboat , and an inspection in 1982 showed serious damage to the first floor gallery and leaks into the foundation.
Newport News Middle Ground Light: Newport News: 1891 [25] 1954 [25] Active VRB-25: 52 ft (16 m) [4] Old Plantation Flats Light: Cape Charles (Offshore) 1886 Never 1962 (Demolished) None 35 ft (11 m) Old Point Comfort Light: Hampton
Seaborne commerce, fishing and oyster farming had always been important in the area and Old Point Comfort Lighthouse was built in 1802 to guide vessels into the Hampton Roads seaport (along with the older lighthouse at Cape Henry). Two additional lighthouses were built slightly later: New Point Comfort Light and Smith Point Light.
Big Sable Point Lighthouse in Ludington State Park on the shores of Lake Michigan is a classic lighthouse. The tall black and white structure is reached after a 1.8-mile hike from the parking lot.
Head over to the southern tip of Jamestown on Monday and climb to the top of Beavertail Lighthouse between 1:30 and 4 p.m. Visitors should note the following: Openings are weather dependent; if ...
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 1804, [ 3 ] it is the third-oldest surviving light in the bay, and the tenth-oldest in the United States.
Old Point Comfort is a point of land located in the independent city of Hampton, Virginia. Previously known as Point Comfort, it lies at the extreme tip of the Virginia Peninsula at the mouth of Hampton Roads in the United States. It was renamed Old Point Comfort to differentiate it from New Point Comfort 21 miles (34 km) up the Chesapeake Bay. [1]
Newport News Downtown Historic District: August 4, 2023 : Warwick Blvd., 37th, 23rd, and 31st Sts., West and Washington Aves. 21: Newport News Middle Ground Light Station: Newport News Middle Ground Light Station