I'm going to do Part 2 of this dual lighthouse posting tomorrow, as I'm catching up due to some production delays. So this one is about the OLD Cape Henry Lighthouse.
Where's Cape Henry? It's right here (part of Virginia).
Now we get the history and stats, from the Lighthouse Directory.
"1792 (John McComb). Inactive since 1881. 90 ft (27.5 m) octagonal sandstone tower with lantern and gallery. Tower unpainted; lantern is silver-colored. ... This is the first lighthouse built by the Federal government and one of the best preserved lighthouses of the early Federal period. Recognized as a National Historic Landmark. Congress transferred ownership of the lighthouse in 1930 to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, now called Preservation Virginia. The interior was restored in 2002 and in 2003 the eroded sandstone foundation of the lighthouse was repaired. In August 2011 an earthquake created some cracks in the tower, but engineers determined they were not serious."
Enjoy the pictures. One of them shows both the Old and the New Cape Henry lighthouses; the new will be the next.
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