Series VI: Virginia Lighthouses.

Containers:
Othertype 1
Extent:
Extent: 1 cabinet.
Scope and content:

Virginia Lighthouses document active and historically significant Virginia Lighthouses during the period of 1995 through 2003.

Arrangement:

Maintained in original order.

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IGHTHOUSES REPRESENTED IN THIS COLLECTION:
  • Name - Location- Date of First Light
  • Assateague Light - Accomack County - (1867)
  • Cape Henry Light - Virginia Beach - (1792 AND 1881)
  • Chesapeake Light - East Northeast of Cape Henry - (1965)
  • Jones Point Light - Alexandria - (1856)
  • Jordan Point Light - South approach of Benjamin Harrison Bridge, East of Hopewell - (1895)
  • New Point Comfort Light - Mathews County - (1806)
  • Newport News Middle Ground (Shoal) Light - Newport News - (1891)
  • Old Point Comfort Light - Hampton - (1802)
  • Rappahanock Shoal Channel, S. Range Rear - Cheasapeake Bay off Silver Beach, S.W. of Jamesville - (1991)
  • Smith Point Light - Northumberland County, Entrance to Potomac River - (1897)
  • Thimble Shoal Light - Hampton Roads - (1914)
  • Wolf Trap Light - A shoal in the Chesapeake Bay S. of the mouth of the Rappahannock -(1894)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Parent restrictions:
Collection is open to research.
Parent terms of access:
Permission to publish material from the Pete Calos Photograph Collection must be obtained from Prints and Photographs Department, Special Collections Branch, Library of Virginia.

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