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Cape Henry Lighthouse

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Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Cape Henry Lighthouse
Phone:
+1 757-422-9421

Hours:
Sunday10am - 5pm
Monday10am - 5pm
Tuesday10am - 5pm
Wednesday10am - 5pm
Thursday10am - 5pm
Friday10am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 5pm


The Cape Henry Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Cape Henry, the landform marking the southern entrance to Chesapeake Bay in the U.S. state of Virginia. The location has long been important for the large amount of ocean-going shipping traffic for the harbors, its rivers, and shipping headed to ports on the bay. The original lighthouse was the first authorized by the U.S. government, dating from 1792. It was also the first federal construction project under the Constitution, for an original contract amount of $15,200 . A second lighthouse was built and completed in 1881 a short distance away after concern arose about the stability of the first. Both towers of the light station were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
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