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Chesapeake Light Tower up for auction

• jamessun 10y ago
  - Lightship deployed in 1930 marking the entrance to Chesapeake Bay - Replaced in 1965 by the Chesapeake Light Tower -- One of six “Texas Towers” along the East Coast, built in 1965; the only one still in service -- Initially staffed full time; automated in 1980 -- ~13 mi (22 km) from VA shore -- Water depth ~ 45 ft (13.7 m)