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Old and new lighthouses - Cape Henry. The original Cape Henry lighthouse was built in 1690. (18492 bytes)

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"533:-Old and New Lighthouses, Cape Henry, near Norfolk, Va."

Description: "Cape Henry Lighthouse. The famous Old Cape Henry Lighthouses at the entrance of Chesapeake Bay, was erected in 1690 and was used about 200 years until the new Lighthouse nearby was built in the latter part of the Nineteenth Century."
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