User:Smably/Sandbox/Baltimore Lighthouse
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| Image:Baltimore Lighthouse Reactor Installation.jpg Nuclear reactor being installed in Baltimore Lighthouse. |
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| Location: | Chesapeake Bay |
| Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
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| Year first lit: | 1908 |
| Automated: | 1964 |
| Foundation: | Pneumatic caisson |
| Construction: | Brick |
| Tower shape: | Octagonal |
| Height: | 38 ft (11.6 m) |
| Original lens: | Fourth order Fresnel |
Baltimore Lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Baltimore, Maryland in the waters of Chesapeake Bay. When it was built, it was the world's tallest caisson lighthouse and, in 1964, it became the world's first nuclear-powered lighthouse.
