Type:
Year Established:
1886
Existing:
No
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2000
Photo Credit:
Ralph Eshelman
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Chincoteaque Bay
Latitude:
37° 56.45'
Longitude:
75° 22.43'
City / Town:
CHINCOTEAQUE
U.S. State:
Virginia
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1940
Year Tower Established:
1886
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
SCREWPILE
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
46 Feet
Tower Shape:
SQUARE DWELLING
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1886
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1886
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018