Old Plantation Flats Light

Year Established:
1886
Existing:
No
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Credit:
Ralph Eshelman
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Chesapeake Bay
Latitude:
37° 14'
Longitude:
76° 3'
City / Town:
CAPE CHARLES CITY
U.S. State:
Virginia
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Old Plantation Flats Light
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1962
Disposition:
House Demolished and Modern Beacon Erected on Foundation in 1962
Year Tower Established:
1886
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
CAST IRON SCREW PILE
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1886
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1886
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018