New Point Comfort

Type:
Year Established:
1804
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1879
New Point Comfort
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Credit:
Ralph Eshelman
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Entrance to Mobjack Bay
Latitude:
37° 18.00'
Longitude:
76° 16.43'
City / Town:
Bavon
U.S. State:
Virginia
Location County:
Mathews
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Owner / Manager:
Mathews County Historical Society
Open to Public:
Yes
Light List Data:
  1. New Point Comfort
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1963
Year Tower Established:
1804
Tower Construction Material:
ASHLAR SANDSTONE
Tower Foundation:
DRESSED STONE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
58
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
56
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1804
Keeper's Quarters Style:
VIRGINIA FARM
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Current Optic:
REMOVED
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1855
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017