Type:
Year Established:
1852
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1879
Download:
Hog Island VA 1914 USCG.jpg (3.05 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1914
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Great Mathepungo Inlet
Latitude:
37° 23.16'
Longitude:
75° 41.55'
U.S. State:
Virginia
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1948
Disposition:
Demolished Due to Encroaching Water 1948
Year Tower Established:
1896
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON
Tower Foundation:
CONCRETE PIERS
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
60 Feet
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
45 Feet
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL PYRAMIDAL SKELETAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1896
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
Other Structures:
oil house, storage building
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1896
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018