New Point Comfort Light
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New Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay, United States, off the tip of the Middle Peninsula. Finished in 1804,[3] it is the third-oldest surviving light in the bay, and the tenth-oldest in the United States.
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Location | New Point Comfort at the entrance to MobJack Bay in the Chesapeake Bay |
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Coordinates | 37.3006°N 76.2775°W / 37.3006; -76.2775 |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1805 |
Construction | sandstone masonry |
Automated | 1930 |
Height | 58 feet (18 m) |
Shape | Octagonal tower |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place, Virginia Historic Landmark |
Light | |
First lit | 1806 |
Deactivated | 1963-1999 |
Focal height | 17.5 m (57 ft) |
Lens | fourth-order Fresnel lens (original), 9.8 inches (250 mm) API (current) |
Range | 13 miles (21 km) |
Characteristic | Fixed white |
New Point Comfort Lighthouse | |
Nearest city | New Point, Virginia |
Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
Built by | Elzy Burroughs |
NRHP reference No. | 73002037[1] |
VLR No. | 057-0064 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 1, 1973 |
Designated VLR | June 20, 1972[2] |
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