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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Virginia as identified by the United States Coast Guard.There are nine active lights in the state as well as three automated caissons and eleven skeleton towers replacing previously staffed lights.
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.
An L-shaped shoal sits in the middle of major shipping lanes just off the coast of Hampton Roads, Virginia, creating a hazard in the 1880s as ships drew more water. The US Lighthouse Board identified the need for a lighthouse in this area in 1887, and, after several economizing changes to the design, construction began in 1890 and was completed ...
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.
Monmouth Beach New Jersey Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, NJ [16] U.S. Life-Saving Service 1848–1915: Monmouth Beach Life Saving Station No N/A N/A Montauk New York Montauk Point Lighthouse U.S. Lighthouse Service 1789–1939: Montauk Point Lighthouse: Yes 69000142: March 2, 2012 Mystic Connecticut Mystic Seaport Museum: U.S. Life-Saving ...
Location of Surry County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Surry County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Surry County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Point Pinos Lighthouse, Monterey, California Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York The "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" Sign, Las Vegas, Nevada North Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana Mazomanie Downtown Historic District, Mazomanie, Wisconsin Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Virginia Dunleith antebellum mansion, Natchez ...
Virginia Beach 36°55′26″N 76°00′30″W / 36.9239°N 76.0082°W / 36.9239; -76.0082 ( Cape Henry Li First lighthouse to be erected by the Federal Government.