Assateague Island Light (1833)

Lighted in January, 1833, the tower was too low and poorly illuminated
to perform effectively its job of warning ships of the shoals that
protrude out from that section of the coast. Congress appropriated
funds in 1859 to increase the power and range to the rank of first-class
sea-coast light. On Oct. 1, 1867, the light shone from the new first-order
lens for the first time. The light was high enough to be visible nineteen miles.