Type:
Existing:
No
Download:
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File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Courtesy of:
National Archives
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Latitude:
37° 00.49'
Longitude:
76° 14.26'
City / Town:
Hampton Roads
U.S. State:
Virginia
Location County:
Hampton Roads
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1914
Disposition:
Destroyed
Year Tower Established:
1880
Tower Foundation:
Screwpile
Tower Shape:
Hexagonal
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
OPTICS
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 19, 2022
This was the second screwpile lighthouse to mark Thimble Shoal. A fire on October 30, 1880 destroyed the original screwpile lighthouse, which was placed in service in 1872. The foundation from the original lighthouse was reused.