Sandy Point Shoal Light is a brick three story lighthouse on a caisson foundation that was erected in 1883. It lies about 0.6 mi (0.97 km) off Sandy Point...
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The Thomas Point Shoal Light, also known as Thomas Point Shoal Light Station, is a historic lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay on the east coast of the...
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listed on the NRHP in Maryland Sandy Point Shoal Light Station, Skidmore, Maryland, Listed on the NRHP in Maryland Sandy Point Site, Ocean City, Maryland...
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In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated...
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The Sharkfin Shoal Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located at the mouth of the Nanticoke River in Chesapeake Bay, US. This light was constructed in...
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beacon mounted on the old foundation. Mathias Point Shoal Light Chesapeake Chapter, USLHS page "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland"...
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Inner Harbor as a museum exhibit. It was initially installed on a rocky shoal called Seven Foot Knoll (at 39°09′26″N 76°24′12″W / 39.1572°N 76.4034°W...
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The Maryland Point Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located in the Potomac River. A light was first proposed for the shoal at Maryland Point in 1887, but...
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top includes the Atlantic Ocean, Sandy Hook Bay and the New York City skyline. On September 18, 2009 the Sandy Hook Light was filmed as a fictional backdrop...
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The Turkey Point Light is a historic lighthouse at the head of the Chesapeake Bay. Although only a 35-foot (11 m) tower, the 100-foot (30 m) height of...
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continued to serve the area until 1892, when it was replaced by the Sharkfin Shoal Light. Two years later, the building collapsed, and nothing remains of it....
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Frying Pan Shoals Light Station is a decommissioned Coast Guard lighthouse located near the end of the Frying Pan Shoals 32 miles (51 km) SE of Bald Head...
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1949 The light originally stood in 10 feet of water. The light was needed in the first place because of the considerable shoaling around the point. This...
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Head Light, Maine 130 feet (40 m) - Rock of Ages Light, Michigan 125 feet (38 m) - White Shoal Light, Michigan 125 feet (38 m) - Mobile Point Light, Alabama...
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shoal jutting out into Tangier Sound from its southwest point. The shoal was marked with lightships beginning in 1853, and in 1866 a screw-pile light...
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Lazaretto Point Light was a historic lighthouse in Baltimore harbor. Though long demolished, a replica stands near its original site. Lazaretto Point, directly...
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Point Lookout Light is a lighthouse that marks the entrance to the Potomac River at the southernmost tip of Maryland's western shore of the Chesapeake...
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Concord Point Light is a 36-foot (11 m) lighthouse in Havre de Grace, Maryland. It overlooks the point where Susquehanna River flows into the Chesapeake...
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Point No Point Light, located in the Chesapeake Bay off the eponymous point several miles north of the mouth of the Potomac River, was constructed as...
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the Chesapeake Bay Bridge as well as the location of Sandy Point State Park. Sandy Point Shoal Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
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Fog Point Light was a historic lighthouse located at Fog Point, the northwestern tip of Smith Island, Maryland in the Chesapeake Bay. This light was constructed...
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Diamond Shoal Light is an inactive offshore lighthouse marking Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras. Diamond Shoals, which extend many miles out from Cape...
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The Ragged Point Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located in the Potomac River. It was the last lighthouse built in Maryland waters and the last built...
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to mark Cove Point and the shoal which jutted into the bay. A new appropriation in 1828 allowed construction of the light and keeper's house in the same...
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Love Point Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, off the northern end of Kent Island, Maryland. Local pressure to build a light at this...
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The Leading Point Light was an unusual lighthouse which displayed the rear light to the Brewerton Channel Range. It was eventually superseded by an iron...
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Great Shoals Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Wicomico River. This light was constructed to mark a narrow channel...
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replace the light was made in 1889, and in 1892 a new screw-pile lighthouse was activated. This sat on the shoal about half a mile south of the point, and was...
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The Hawkins Point Light was an unusual screw-pile lighthouse which displayed the front light to the Brewerton Channel Range. It was eventually superseded...
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ineffective in protecting a shoal extending north from the island, and a new light was sought specifically to mark the shoal. In 1875 a five-legged screw-pile...
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