The Somers Cove Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located near Crisfield, Maryland. Dismantled early, its remains are a landmark to watermen in the area.
 1915 photograph of Somers Cove Light, Maryland (USCG) | |
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| Location | at the mouth of the Little Annemessex River, SW of Crisfield, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 37°57′59″N 75°52′39″W / 37.9665°N 75.8775°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1867  |
| Foundation | screw-pile |
| Construction | cast-iron/wood |
| Shape | square house |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1867 |
| Deactivated | 1932 |
| Lens | sixth order Fresnel lens |
| 1932 lighthouse | |
| First lit | 1932 |
| Deactivated | 2005 |
History
editLittle is known about this minor light, other than that it was constructed in 1867 to at the cost of $10,000 (equivalent to $218,000 in 2023).[1] Unlike many other screw-pile lighthouses it was apparently never threatened by ice, and thus passed a quiet life until it was dismantled in 1932, replaced by a skeleton tower. The ferry to Tangier Island passes its remains.
On October 26, 2021, the remains of the light collapsed during a storm.[2]
References
edit- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ Cortese, Doug (27 October 2021). "Somers Cove Light House Collapses in Storm".
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- Somers Cove 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. 167. ISBN 9780801815485.
External links
edit- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
