The Maryland Point Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located in the Potomac River.
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| Location | off Maryland Point in the Potomac River, East of Fairview Beach, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°20′58″N 77°11′51″W / 38.3495°N 77.1975°W |
| Tower | |
| Foundation | screw-pile |
| Construction | cast-iron/wood |
| Automated | 1954 |
| Shape | hexagonal house |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1892 |
| Deactivated | 1963 |
| Focal height | 13 m (43 ft)  |
| Lens | fourth-order Fresnel lens |
| Characteristic | FI W 6s, R sector |
History
editA light was first proposed for the shoal at Maryland Point in 1887, but an appropriation was not made until 1890. The original proposal was to construct a caisson light, but tests of the bottom convinced the engineers that a screw-pile structure could be made to work. The house was assembled at the Lazaretto Depot in the fall of 1892, and the light was first exhibited in December of that year.
The light was automated in 1954 and dismantled in 1963.
References
edit- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- Maryland Point 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. 157.
External links
edit- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
