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Tue Marshes Light

Coordinates: 37°14′08″N 76°23′09″W / 37.2356°N 76.3859°W / 37.2356; -76.3859
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Tue Marshes Light
Undated photograph of Tue Marshes Light (USCG)
Map
LocationNorth of Tue Point at the mouth of the York River in the Chesapeake Bay
Coordinates37°14′08″N 76°23′09″W / 37.2356°N 76.3859°W / 37.2356; -76.3859
Tower
Constructed1875 Edit this on Wikidata
Foundationscrew-pile
Constructioncast-iron/wood
Height41 feet (12 m)
Shapesquare house
Light
First lit1875
Deactivated1960
Lenssixth-order Fresnel lens
Range7.0 nautical miles; 13 kilometres (8 mi)
CharacteristicFlashing 6 sec w/red sector

The Tue Marshes Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the York River in the Chesapeake Bay north of Tue Point near the Goodwin Islands.

History

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This light was erected in 1875. The location was originally called "Too Marshes", but the present spelling was adopted around 1900. The less common square foundation was supplemented by fender pilings on the east and west ends; the house was unusual in its gingerbread trim on the gables. The lighthouse was dismantled in 1960. A steel skeleton tower was placed on the old foundation and was removed by the Coast Guard in 2015.

References

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  • "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Virginia" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  • Tue Marshes Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
  • de Gast, Robert (1973). The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 152. ISBN 9780801815485.