• 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 1892...
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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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    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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  • 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...
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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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    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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    from 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...
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    Fort Carroll Light is a derelict lighthouse consisting of a short wooden tower on the walls of its namesake fortifications in the Patapsco River. The...
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    This sat on the shoal about half a mile south of the point, and was assigned the new station name of "Greenbury Point Shoal Light". Like many such lights...
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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 Somers Cove Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located near Crisfield, Maryland. Dismantled early, its remains are a landmark to watermen in the area...
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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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  • 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,...
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    mounted on the old foundation. Mathias Point Shoal Light Chesapeake Chapter, USLHS page "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland"...
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    The Cobb Point Bar Light (also called Cobb Island Bar Light) was a screw-pile lighthouse located in the Potomac River. A light at Cobb Point was first...
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  • planned to adapt the North Point west light as the front light for a range for the new channel. The old light proved unsatisfactory, however, and it...
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    The Hooper Island Light is a lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, west of Middle Hooper Island in Maryland. The initial request of a light at this site was...
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    Lighthouse Project - Piney Point Light Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piney Point Light. Piney Point Coast Guard Light Station, St. Mary's County,...
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    The Sharps Island Light is the third lighthouse to stand nearly 3 miles (5 km) south-southwest from the southern end of Tilghman Island in Maryland's...
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    The Baltimore Harbor Light, officially Baltimore Light and historically Baltimore Harbor Lighthouse is a privately owned caisson lighthouse in 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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    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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    Fort Washington Light is a lighthouse located on the banks of the Potomac River on the grounds of its namesake fort. There has been a lighthouse on the...
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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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    The Upper Cedar Point Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in the Potomac River in Maryland. It was first lit in 1867 and served, except for a brief period...
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    The Lazaretto Point Light was a historic lighthouse in Baltimore harbor. Though long demolished, a replica stands near its original site. Lazaretto Point...
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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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    Pooles Island Light is the oldest lighthouse still standing in Maryland and the fourth oldest in the Chesapeake Bay area. The light is located on Pooles...
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    The Blackistone Island Light was a lighthouse located on what is now St. Clement's Island on the Potomac River in Maryland. It is best known as the target...
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    Hooper Strait Light is one of four surviving Chesapeake Bay screw-pile lighthouses in the U.S. state of Maryland. Originally located in Hooper Strait...
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