Type:
Year Established:
1832
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1879
LOCATION
Location:
Clay Island/Eastern Shore
Latitude:
38 13.53'
Longitude:
75 58.29'
U.S. State:
Maryland
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1892
Disposition:
Site Began to Wash Away and Light Was Replaced by the Sharkfin Shoal Light, House Collapsed in 1894
Year Tower Established:
1832
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK/WOOD
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
36 Feet above sea
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
30
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1832
Keeper's Quarters Style:
1-1/2 STORY W/ TOWER
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
Reflectors
Year Original Lens Installed:
1855
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
6th Order Fresnel Lens installed 1855