Pungoteague Creek Light
The Pungoteague Creek Light was a small screwpile lighthouse constructed in the Chesapeake Bay in 1854. Destroyed in 1856, it had the shortest recorded existence of any lighthouse on the Bay, and possibly the United States, at just 459 days. The destruction of the Pungoteague River Light led to further efforts being made to protect screwpile lighthouses with riprap.
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Pungoteague Creek Light
The Pungoteague Creek Light was a small screwpile lighthouse constructed in the Chesapeake Bay in 1854. Destroyed in 1856, it had the shortest recorded existence of any lighthouse on the Bay, and possibly the United States, at just 459 days. The destruction of the Pungoteague River Light led to further efforts being made to protect screwpile lighthouses with riprap.
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The Pungoteague Creek Light wa ...... wpile lighthouses with riprap.
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