Love Point Light
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| Love Point Light | |
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 Undated photograph of Love Point Light (USCG) |
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| Location: | off northern tip of Kent Island, Maryland in the Chesapeake Bay |
| Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
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| Year first lit: | 1872 |
| Automated: | 1953 |
| Deactivated: | 1964 |
| Foundation: | screw-pile |
| Construction: | cast-iron/wood |
| Tower shape: | hexagonal house |
| Original lens: | 3 1/2-order Fresnel lens |
| Characteristic: | six second white flashing with red sector |
Love Point Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, off the northern end of Kent Island, Maryland.
[edit] History
Local pressure to build at light at this site was noted as early as 1837, but an appropriation in 1857 was insufficient, and it was not until 1872 that a light was constructed, using the same plan as the original Choptank River Light. As with many screw-pile structures, it had several run-ins with ice, with several pilings being damaged in its first winter. It was threatened again in 1879, but escaped further damage.
Automation and dismantling followed the pattern of other screw-pile lights in the bay; it was automated in 1953 and the house removed in 1964, replaced by a small light and fog bell on the old foundation.
[edit] References
- Maryland Light Stations, from the United States Coast Guard
- Love Point Lighthouse, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
- de Gast, Robert (1973). The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 163
