Killock Shoal Light
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Killock Shoal Light (USCG) | |
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Location | North end of Chincoteague Channel off Chincoteague, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°33′53″N 75°13′26″W / 37.5648°N 75.2239°W (approx.) |
Tower | |
Foundation | screw-pile |
Construction | cast-iron/wood |
Automated | 1929 |
Height | 48 feet (15 m) |
Shape | square house |
Light | |
First lit | 1886 |
Deactivated | 1939 |
Focal height | 15 m (49 ft) ![]() |
Lens | fourth-order Fresnel lens |
Characteristic | fixed white with red sector |
The Killock Shoal Light was a lighthouse located at the north end of the channel west of Chincoteague, Virginia.
History
[edit]This light was erected in 1886. It was unlike other screw-pile structures in the area, with the lantern set at one corner of a small square frame house. It was automated in 1923, and decommissioned in 1939, with the house being replaced by a steel tower. The structure is now unlit.
References
[edit]- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Virginia" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- Killock Shoal Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
- Evans-Hylton, Patrick (2005). Lighthouses and Lifesaving Stations of Virginia. Arcadia Publishing. p. 56.