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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.
Jones Point Light: Alexandria: 1856 [18] 1919 [18] Active [18] (Inactive: 1926–1995) Unknown 35 ft (11 m) [18] Jordan Point Front Range Light: None Known James River: N/A Unknown Unknown Unknown None Unknown Jordan Point Range Rear Light: James River
The New Point Comfort Light was built from 1802–1805 and by 1852, it was partially cut off by the sea and formed a new island. In 1904, the New Point Comfort Development Company was formed to build a resort on the peninsula by reclaiming the marsh that separated the lighthouse from the mainland and building beaches.
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Virginia" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Windmill Point Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society; de Gast, Robert (1973). The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780801815485
A lighthouse tender was put on station to serve as a temporary lightship and a request was put to Congress to appropriate funds for a new lighthouse. LV-46 , assigned to tend the station, suffered a boiler casualty August 28, 1893, killing two of the crew, and was replaced by LV-97 until March 16, 1894, when LV-46 could return to the station.
In April, ahead of SB 478's July 1 start date — but before the new carve-out for restaurants and bars — L&E Oyster Bar and sibling restaurant El Condor rolled their 4% service fees into listed ...
Smith Point, at the mouth of the Potomac River, has been marked by a succession of lights, having been served by three towers, three lightships, a screw-pile lighthouse, and the present caisson structure. The first light, a stone tower, was erected by Elzy Burroughs on Smith Point itself in 1802. Erosion at the point was severe, and the light ...
Old Point 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 bay and the oldest still in use. The lighthouse is owned and maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Old Point Comfort Lighthouse