Date of Service: 1876-1883 1876: William Clegg is named First Assistant at Lambert Point Lighthouse, VA. His salary is $420/year. 1876-1883: William Clegg is named Principal Keeper at Lambert Point Lighthouse, VA. His salary is $540/year. (His wife Mrs. J.V. Clegg, served as First Assistant) Sources: Chesapeake Chapter Keeper’s Database; familysearch.org; uslhs.org
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Date of Service: 1876-1882 1876-1882: Mrs. J.V. Clegg is named the First Assistant Keeper at Lambert Point Lighthouse, VA. Her salary is $420/year. (Her husband William Clegg served as Principal Keeper Sources: Chesapeake Chapter Keeper’s Database; familysearch.org; uslhs.org
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1870: A request of $15,000 is made to construct a square lighthouse at Lambert’s Point on the east side of the Elizabeth River to mark a shoal just off the point. 1871: Congress appropriates $15,000 on March 3 to construct the square lighthouse on five piles with a fifth-order red light. 1873: The west side …
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Lambert Point Lighthouse was built in 1872 on the shore of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia. It was a square screwpile set on five piles, rather than the six that were planned. The house was brown in color and the lantern had a red light of the fifth order. In 1873, it was reported …
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