Pungoteague Creek Light
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pungoteague-creek-light-305-13052660
title:
Pungoteague Creek Light
text:
The Pungoteague Creek Light was a small screwpile lighthouse constructed in the Chesapeake Bay in 1854. Destroyed in 1856, it had the shortest recorded existence of any lighthouse on the Bay, and possibly the United States, at just 459 days. The lighthouse was built just offshore from Accomack County, Virginia, and was located near the mouth of Pungoteague Creek, then called the Pungoteague River. It was the first screwpile lighthouse built on the Chesapeake, and its construction was overseen by
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Lighthouse in Virginia, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pungoteague_Creek_Light
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2022-03-07T19:22:51Z
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