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    The Deepwater Shoals Light was a lighthouse located in the James River upstream from Newport News, Virginia. This light was erected in 1855 to mark the...
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  • County, Missouri Deepwater, New Jersey, a community in Pennsville, New Jersey Deepwater Shoals Light, a lighthouse in Virginia Deepwater Terminal Railroad...
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    The Point of Shoals Light was a lighthouse located in the James River in Virginia. The first request for a light to mark the shoal at this bend in the...
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    to escape, but the house was found floating far to the south at Thimble Shoals, where the lantern and lens were recovered. A lighthouse tender was put...
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    Hopkins University Press. pp. 30–33. Media related to Thimble Shoals lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Project - Thimble Shoal Light...
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    showed the light to be sound. By this time, Chesapeake Light was the last remaining "Texas Tower" still in use as Frying Pan Shoals Light was deactivated...
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    after concern arose about the stability of the first. Both towers of the light station were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970. The first...
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    other lights, those at Deepwater Shoals and Point of Shoals, were erected at the same time. By 1869 the structure at White Shoal was leaning badly and...
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    Assateague Light is the 142-foot-tall (43 m) lighthouse located on the southern end of Assateague Island off the coast of the Virginia Eastern Shore,...
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    “the light is identified absolutely…” Due to the high cost of these special lenses, only the “4-5” light at Cape Charles, and the “1-4-3” light at Minots...
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    The Jones Point Light is a small river lighthouse located on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia. It was built in 1855. It is a small, one-story...
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    The Killock Shoal Light was a lighthouse located at the north end of the channel west of Chincoteague, Virginia. This light was erected in 1886. It was...
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    The Great Wicomico River Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the Great Wicomico River, south of the Potomac River on the western side of the...
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  • October 19, 2017. "Point of Shoals". Chesapeake Chapter U.S.L.H.S. Retrieved October 19, 2017. "Name: Pungoteague River Light". Lighthouse Digest. Retrieved...
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    Smith Point Light is a caisson lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Potomac River. It was added to the National...
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    The York Spit Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the York River in the Chesapeake Bay, marking a long shoal paralleling the main channel into...
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    Nansemond River Light was a screwpile lighthouse located at the confluence of the Nansemond and James rivers in Virginia. This light was erected in 1878...
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    Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the second oldest light in the...
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    Cherrystone Bar Light was a lighthouse located at the entrance to Cape Charles, Virginia harbor in the Chesapeake Bay. It was the only light in the bay moved...
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    The Back River Light, also known as the Grandview Light, was a lighthouse south of the mouth of the Back River on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay...
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    The Watts Island Light was a historic lighthouse located near Watts Island in the Chesapeake Bay. It was the only lighthouse built by John Donahoo outside...
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    The Bowlers Rock Light was a lighthouse located in the Rappahannock River in Virginia, United States. This spot was marked by lightships beginning in...
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    The Hog Island Light was a lighthouse roughly marking its eponymous island, and thus the north side of the Great Machipongo Inlet on the Virginia coast...
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    Tangier Sound Light was a lighthouse located south of Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. This light was constructed in 1890 to mark a shoal extending south...
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    The Jordan Point Light was a lighthouse located on Jordan Point on the James River in Prince George County, Virginia, near the south end of the present...
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  • The Windmill Point Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the Rappahannock River. This light was erected in 1869 to replace the last of three...
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    Marshes Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the York River in the Chesapeake Bay north of Tue Point near the Goodwin Islands. This light was erected...
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    for it at Lazaretto Point in 1880, but this was diverted to Thimble Shoal Light when the latter burned down. A second house was constructed and installed...
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    The Pages Rock Light was a lighthouse located in the York River in the Chesapeake Bay. This light was constructed in 1893, a late date for a screw-pile...
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    parcel isolated from the rest of the island. At the same time shoaling to the south of the light rendered it useless as a marker, and it was replaced by an...
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