Type:
Year Established:
1886
Existing:
No
Download:
Old Plantation Flats VA REE.jpg (9.21 MB)
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:
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
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1886
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018