The Killock Shoal Light was a lighthouse located at the north end of the channel west of Chincoteague, Virginia.

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Killock Shoal Light

Killock Shoal Light (USCG)
Location	North end of Chincoteague Channel off Chincoteague, Virginia
Coordinates	37.5648°N 75.2239°W / 37.5648; -75.2239 (approx.)
Tower
Foundation	screw-pile
Construction	cast-iron/wood
Automated	1929
Height	48 feet (15 m)
Shape	square house
Light
First lit	1886
Deactivated	1939
Focal height	15 m (49 ft)
Lens	fourth-order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	fixed white with red sector

History

This light was erected in 1886. It was unlike other screw-pile structures in the area, with the lantern set at one corner of a small square frame house. It was automated in 1923, and decommissioned in 1939, with the house being replaced by a steel tower. The structure is now unlit.

References

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Virginia" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
• Killock Shoal Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
• Evans-Hylton, Patrick (2005). Lighthouses and Lifesaving Stations of Virginia. Arcadia Publishing. p. 56.

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