Lower Cedar Point Light

Lower Cedar Point Light

Infobox Lighthouse


caption =
location = in the center of the Potomac River 1.5 mi south of the Harry W. Nice (US 301) Bridge
coordinates = coord|38.340|N|76.993|W|type:landmark
yearlit = 1867
automated =
yeardeactivated = 1951
foundation = screw-pile
construction = cast-iron/wood
shape = square house
height =
lens = fourth-order Fresnel lens
currentlens =
range =
status = replaced with skeleton tower on original foundation

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 It has been replaced by a skeleton tower.

Note: this light should not be confused with the Cedar Point Light, which stood at a different site at the mouth of the Patuxent River.

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

* [http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMD.asp Maryland Light Stations] , from the United States Coast Guard
* [http://www.cheslights.org/heritage/lowcedarpt.htm Lower Cedar Point Lighthouse] , from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
*cite book
last= de Gast
first= Robert
title= The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake
year= 1973
publisher= Johns Hopkins University Press p. 156


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