Back River Light
The Back River Light, also known as the Grandview Light, was a lighthouse south of the mouth of the Back River on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, several miles north of Fort Monroe near Hampton, Virginia. Plagued by erosion for most of its existence, it was destroyed in 1956 by Hurricane Flossy.
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Back River Light
The Back River Light, also known as the Grandview Light, was a lighthouse south of the mouth of the Back River on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, several miles north of Fort Monroe near Hampton, Virginia. Plagued by erosion for most of its existence, it was destroyed in 1956 by Hurricane Flossy.
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The Back River Light, also kno ...... d in 1956 by Hurricane Flossy.
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Undated photograph of Back River Light, Virginia
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south of the mouth of the Back River on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay
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The Back River Light, also kno ...... d in 1956 by Hurricane Flossy.
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