Type:
Year Established:
1868
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1879
Download:
b_718_Bowlers_Rock_VA_US.jpeg (287.7 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1920
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Rappahannock River
Latitude:
37° 49.3'
Longitude:
76° 44.50'
City / Town:
Butylo
U.S. State:
Virginia
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1920
Disposition:
Replaced by Nearby Skeletal Tower in 1920; Caisson Survives
Year Tower Established:
1868
Tower Foundation:
Iron Screwpile
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
35 Feet
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
35 Feet
Tower Shape:
Square
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1868
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
Fifth Order, Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1868
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
More Information
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
Guarded by lightship 1835-1868