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Chesapeake Light
Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Name: Chesapeake Light
Nearest City: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Chesapeake Light Station Atlantic Ocean, 14 miles east of Cape Henry, VA, cir. 1965- The Chesapeake Light Station is a 20th century "Texas tower" style lighthouse, complete with helicopter pad, built in 1965 to replace the Chesapeake lightship station. It cost $1.7 to build and had a 6 man crew before it was automated in 1980. While it is quite a different sort of "animal" than the other lighthouses covered herein, it can, arguably, be considered the last of the Bay lighthouses and the final curtain to the era of manned light stations on the Chesapeake
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Station Establishted: 1930 with a lightship Date Current Structure Built: Commissioned 1965 Type of Structure: "Texas Tower" - Square platform with tower Height: 120 feet above mean high water Characteristics: Fixed white light privately shown (not an active ATON) Foghorn: Yes Appropriation: $4,000 Range: 24 miles Status: Standing and Active http://cblights.com/lights/chesapeakelightstation.html

Photographed it: June 24, 2007

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Latitude: 36.904722 Longitude: -75.712778

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Chesapeake Light
Photo taken on June 24, 2007
Chesapeake Light
Photo taken on June 24, 2007
Chesapeake Light
Photo taken on June 24, 2007
Chesapeake Light
Photo taken on June 24, 2007
Chesapeake Light
Photo taken on June 24, 2007
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