Choptank River

Type:
Year Established:
1870
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1879
b_867_Choptank_River_MD_1920.jpg
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File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1920
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
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LOCATION

Location:
Choptank River/chesapeake Bay
Latitude:
38° 39.22'
Longitude:
76° 10.56'
U.S. State:
Maryland
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Choptank River
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1918
Disposition:
Torn Down and Replaced with Cherrystone Bar Light in 1921; Foundation Supports Modern Beacon and Fog Bell
Year Tower Established:
1870 (lightship), 1871
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
SCREWPILE; 10 WOOD PILES ENCASED IN IRON
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
40
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
40
Tower Shape:
HEXAGONAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1871

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1871
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

LIGHTHOUSE DESTROYED BY ICE IN 1918, CHERRYSTONE BAR LIGHTHOUSE MOVED TO SPOT IN 1919, REESTABLISHED AS CHOPTANK RIVER LIGHT IN 1921

DISMANTLED AND REPLACED IN 1964

REPLICA LIGHTHOUSE BUILT 2011-2012

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