Cobb Point Bar

Year Established:
1889
Existing:
No
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1918
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society

LOCATION

Location:
Wicomico River Entrance
Latitude:
38° 14.27'
Longitude:
76° 49.41'
U.S. State:
Maryland
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Cobb Point Bar
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1940
Disposition:
House Dismantled 1940, Foundation Serves Small Automatic Light
Year Tower Established:
1889
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
SCREWPILE
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1889

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1889
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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