Leading Point Light

Leading Point Light

Infobox Lighthouse


caption = Undated photograph of Leading Point Light (USCG)
location = Leading Point west of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on the south bank of the Patapsco River
coordinates = coord|39.2137|N|76.5518|W|type:landmark
yearlit = 1868
automated =
yeardeactivated = 1924
foundation =
construction = brick
shape = house with lantern/daymark on roof
height = 34 ft
lens =
currentlens =
range =
status = replaced with skeleton tower

The Leading Point Light was an unusual lighthouse which displayed the rear light to the Brewerton Channel Range. It was eventually superseded by an iron tower on the same foundation.

History

This light was built in 1868, along with the Hawkins Point Light, to provide range lights marking the Brewerton Channel, excavated in the 1850s to provide a fixed deepwater channel into Baltimore Harbor. In form, it was like no other lighthouse in the area, a brick house with a short tower holding the lantern surmounted with a tall pole supporting a large ball, to be used as a daymark.

In 1924 both lights in this range were torn down and replaced with skeleton towers, which remain in use.

References

* [http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMD.asp Maryland Light Stations] , from the United States Coast Guard
* [http://www.cheslights.org/heritage/brewerton.htm Brewerton Range Front Light] , from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society


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