Cedar Point MD (ruins)

Type:
Year Established:
1896
Existing:
No
Cedar Point MD 1994 REE.jpg
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1994
Photo Credit:
Ralph Eshelman
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Patuxent River/chesapeake Bay
Latitude:
39° 17′57.12″N
Longitude:
76° 23′9.6″W
City / Town:
PATUXENT RIVER NAS
U.S. State:
Maryland
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Cedar Point MD (ruins)
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1928
Disposition:
Upper Story Moved to Calvert Marine Museum in 1996
Year Tower Established:
1896
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK/WOOD
Tower Foundation:
NATURAL/EMPLACED
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
45
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
45
Tower Shape:
HOUSE W/ SQUARE TOWER IN CORNER OF ROOF, SQUARE W/OUT LANTERN
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1896
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1928
Keeper's Quarters Style:
THREE-STORY DWELLING W/ PITCHED ROOF
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK/WOOD
Other Structures:
THREE-STORY 35ft. BELL TOWER
BRICK OIL HOUSE
FRAME BOATHOUSE
OUTHOUSE

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1897
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

LANTERN BROUGHT ASHORE IN 1981 AND RESTORED BY FRIENDS OF THE CEDAR POINT LIGHTHOUSE IN 1981 AND IS ON DISPLAY AT PATUXENT NAS MUSEUM

LAND ERODED AWAY, EVENTUALLY ABANDONED, REPLACED W/ BEACON, BELL TOWER COLLAPSED IN 1957, LIGHTHOUSE REMOVED IN 1981

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018