SEAGULLS PIT STOP  detail
Detail of Wolf Trap Light watercolor by Thomas A Needham
 
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Wolf Trap Light, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia c. 1894 – image: 12 x 8
 
Wolf Trap really refers to a shoal on the southwestern shore of the Chesapeake Bay. The present caisson foundation lighthouse was positioned in 1894, and now automated, continues to flash its white light every 15 seconds.