2. Lighthouses

Maryland Light Houses

Coastal Lighthouses of Maryland.
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  • Piney Point Lighthouse, Piney Point, MD.
  • Piney Point Lighthouse, Piney Point, MD.
  • Point Lookout Lighthouse, Scotland, MD.
  • Drum Point Lighthouse<br /> <br /> Drum Point Light is one of three surviving Chesapeake Bay screw-pile lighthouses. Originally located off Drum Point at the mouth of the Patuxent River, it is now an exhibit at the Calvert Marine Museum.<br /> <br /> The light was needed in the first place because of the considerable shoaling around the point. This gradually shifted the shoreline to the point where the light, which originally stood in ten feet of water, was entirely on land in 1970. At the turn of the century a small bridge was constructed from the light to the shore (as visible in the photograph), allowing the keeper's family to live with him in the light.<br /> <br /> Unlike may such lights, Drum Point escaped ice damage. The storm of 1933 flooded the house and sank the tender, however.<br /> <br /> Originally a fixed red light was shown, with dark sectors added starting in 1889. This was changed in 1911 to a fixed white light with red sectors. The light was converted to electricity in 1944 and automated in 1960. The light was discontinued two years later, replaced at first by a lighted buoy, and then a fixed offshore light.
  • Point Lookout Lighthouse, Scotland, MD.
  • Fort Washington Lighthouse, MD and Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter.
  • Lightship Chesapeake, Baltimore, MD. Background: National Aquarium in Baltimore, Submarine Torsk and Inner Harbor
  • Lightship Chesapeake, Baltimore, MD. Background: National Aquarium in Baltimore, Submarine Torsk and Inner Harbor.
  • Thomas Point Lighthouse, Baltimore, MD
  • Thomas Point Lighthouse, Baltimore, MD
  • Concord Point Lighthouse, Havre de Grace, MD. Lamp Room View.
  • Concord Point Lighthouse - Freznel Lens
  • Maryland Lighthouse Challenge Day 1 (9-16-11): Hooper Strait Lighthouse, St. Michaels, MD @ the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
  • Maryland Lighthouse Challenge Day 1 (9-16-11): Hooper Strait Lighthouse, St. Michaels, MD @ the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
  • Maryland Lighthouse Challenge Day 1 (9-16-11): Hooper Strait Lighthouse, St. Michaels, MD @ the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
  • Maryland Lighthouse Challenge Day 1 (9-16-11): Hooper Strait Lighthouse, St. Michaels, MD @ the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
  • Maryland Lighthouse Challenge Day 1 (9-16-11): Hooper Strait Lighthouse, St. Michaels, MD @ the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
  • Maryland Lighthouse Challenge Day 1 (9-16-11): Hooper Strait Lighthouse, St. Michaels, MD @ the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
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