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| Cape Henry Light (new) |
 Larry Nohe |
| Nearest Town or City: | Virginia Beach Virginia United States |
| Location: | Entrance to Chesapeake Bay |
| Managing Organization: | U.S. Coast Guard |
| Website: | http://www.uscg.mil/d5/group/hamptonroad s/cape_henry_lite.htm |
| Notes: | This lighthouse is the tallest of its type in the U.S. |
| Tower Height: | 163 |
| Description Tower: | Octagonal masonry tower covered by iron plates, with alternating black and white vertical stripes. |
| Operational: | Yes |
| Date Established: | 1792 |
| Date Present Tower Built: | 1881 |
| Current Use: | Active aid to navigation. |
| Open To Public: | No. |
| Directions: | This lighthouse is located near Fort Story and the first Cape Henry Lighthouse. The grounds are not open to the public, but it can be seen from the old tower, within Fort Story off Route 60 in Virginia Beach. |
| Characteristic Range: | 3 white flashes every 20 seconds (two short flashes followed by a 7-second flash), red sector |
| Other Buildings: | Two-story wood frame keeper's house, two assistant keeper's houses, oil house, sheds. |
| Date Automated: | 1984 |
| Optics: | 1881: First order Fresnel lens (still in use). |
| Height Focal Plane: | 164 |
| National Register: | Yes |
| State: | Virginia |
| Country: | United States |
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