Type:
Year Established:
1854
Existing:
No
Download:
b_749_Pungoteague_Creek_VA_US.jpg (3.15 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1908
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Eastern Shore Chesapeake Bay
Latitude:
0° 0'
Longitude:
0° 0'
U.S. State:
Virginia
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
Destroyed in 1856 and rebuilt in 1908
Disposition:
Caisson Survives
Year Tower Established:
1854
Tower Construction Material:
Iron
Tower Foundation:
CAISSON
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1854
OPTICS
Year Original Lens Installed:
1854
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
FIRST SCREWPILE CONSTRUCTION ON CHESAPEAKE; PRIVATE BEACON AT SITE UNTIL 1908 WHEN FLASHING LIGHT INSTALLED