Tue Marshes Light

37°14′08″N 76°23′09″W / 37.2356°N 76.3859°W / 37.2356; -76.3859TowerConstructed1875 Foundationscrew-pileConstructioncast-iron/woodHeight41 feet (12 m)Shapesquare houseLightFirst lit1875Deactivated1960Lenssixth-order Fresnel lensRange7.0 nautical miles; 13 kilometres (8 mi)CharacteristicFlashing 6 sec w/red sector

The Tue Marshes Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the York River in the Chesapeake Bay north of Tue Point near the Goodwin Islands.

History

This light was erected in 1875. The location was originally called "Too Marshes", but the present spelling was adopted around 1900. The less common square foundation was supplemented by fender pilings on the east and west ends; the house was unusual in its gingerbread trim on the gables. The lighthouse was dismantled in 1960. A steel skeleton tower was placed on the old foundation and was removed by the Coast Guard in 2015.

References

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Virginia" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
• Tue Marshes Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
• de Gast, Robert (1973). The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 152. ISBN 9780801815485.