Timeline: 1880: Congress appropriates $35,000 to construct a lighthouse at Bells Rock on June 16th. 1881: The first lighthouse is completed at Lazaretto Depot in Maryland on November 26, 1880, but instead is used in the rebuilding of the Thimble Shoal Light, which burned down. 1880: Iron work for the second lighthouse is manufactured by …
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In the 1800s, the dock at West Point was a major terminal for the Richmond & York River Railroad, which resulted in an increase of traffic on the York River. This led to the appropriation of $35,000 to build a lighthouse to aid in guiding the ships to the railroad dock. The lighthouse was built …
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