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Name: Back River Light
Also known as: Grandview Light
Nearest Town or City: Hampton, Virginia, United States
Location: 6 miles north of Old Point Comfort, Chesapeake Bay, entrance to Back River.
Click to enlarge: 15Kb Photo: U.S. Coast Guard
Notes: This lighthouse was destroyed by a hurricane in the 1950s.
Tower Height: 30
Description of Tower: White, conical brick tower.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1829
Date Deactivated: 1936
Date Automated: 1915
Optics: 1829: Ten lamps and parabolic reflectors.
Current Use: Destroyed.
Keepers: William Jett (1829-?), R.F. Johnson (?-1915)
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