1885 photograph of White Shoal Light (USCG) | |
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Location | James River, northwest of Newport News, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°01′18″N 76°31′39″W / 37.0218°N 76.5275°W |
Tower | |
Foundation | screw-pile |
Construction | cast-iron/wood |
Shape | hexagonal house |
Light | |
First lit | 1855 |
Deactivated | 1935 |
Lens | fifth-order Fresnel lens |
The White Shoal Light was a lighthouse located in the James River near Newport News, Virginia. It outlasted all other lighthouses in the James, finally succumbing to ice in the 1970s.