Type:
Year Established:
1890
Existing:
No
Download:
Tangier Sound VA 1961.jpg (3.56 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1961
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Southeast of Tangier Island
Latitude:
37° 47.15'
Longitude:
75° 58.32'
City / Town:
TANGIER
U.S. State:
Virginia
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1961
Disposition:
Damaged by Schooner Collision 1905; in 1961 Superstructure Torn Down When Automated and Steel Skeletal Tower Placed on Old Foundation
Year Tower Established:
1890
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
SCREWPILE
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1890
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1890
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018