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visited Cape Henry Lighthouse and described it as "an octangular truncated pyramid of eight sides, rising 90 feet to the light..." The Old Cape Henry Lighthouse is 26 feet in diameter at its base, and 16 feet at its top. It was built with
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The first work of the new U.S. Federal government, the first Cape Henry lighthouse was built of Aquia and Rappahannock sandstone by
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and was completed in October, 1792. McComb was one of the architects involved in the construction of
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and would go on to design other lighthouses. The lighthouse's design was based on the 1767
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Catherine E. Dean, "The Old Cape Henry Lighthouse", 2006, APVA Preservation Virginia,
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designated the lighthouse a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
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The new lighthouse, 157 feet (48 m) tall, was built of
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The second Cape Henry Lighthouse, erected 1881, in 2017
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Index

Cape Henry Light
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Virginia Landmarks Register

Cape Henry Lighthouses is located in Virginia
Cape Henry Lighthouses is located in the United States
Virginia Beach, Virginia
36°55′32″N 76°0′30″W / 36.92556°N 76.00833°W / 36.92556; -76.00833
MPS
Light Stations of the United States MPS
66000910
lighthouses
Cape Henry
Chesapeake Bay
U.S. state
Virginia
Constitution
National Historic Landmark
John McComb Jr.
New York City Hall
Cape Henlopen Light
American Civil War
Benjamin Latrobe
Aquia Creek sandstone
the same source
White House
cast iron
wrought iron
Fresnel lens

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