Lower Cedar Point Light

Not to be confused with Cedar Point Light (Maryland).

Lower Cedar Point Light
Location	in the center of the Potomac River 1.5 mi south of the Harry W. Nice (US 301) Bridge
Coordinates	38°20′24″N 76°59′35″W / 38.340°N 76.993°W / 38.340; -76.993Coordinates: 38°20′24″N 76°59′35″W / 38.340°N 76.993°W / 38.340; -76.993
Year first lit	1867
Deactivated	1951
Foundation	screw-pile
Construction	cast-iron/wood
Tower shape	square house
Original lens	fourth-order Fresnel lens

The Lower Cedar Point Light was a historic lighthouse in the Potomac River near its eponymous point, south of the present U.S. Route 301 bridge. It has been replaced by a skeleton tower.

History

Lightships were stationed at this location beginning in 1825. During the Civil War the lightship was burned by Confederate forces in 1861.

A screw-pile lighthouse was constructed on the spot in 1867. This light burned on Christmas Day in 1893 and was rebuilt in 1896. In 1951 the house was removed and a skeleton tower erected on the old foundation.

References

"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
Lower Cedar 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. 156.

External links

Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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