Type:
Year Established:
1884
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
184A_Great_Shoals_MD_CG2 1952.jpg (2.68 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1952
Photo Credit:
USCG
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Swash Channel Entrance/Wicomico River
Latitude:
38° 12.52'
Longitude:
75° 52.47'
U.S. State:
Maryland
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1965
Disposition:
House Dismantled and Replaced by Steel Skeletal Tower on Old Foundation in 1966
Year Tower Established:
1884
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
SCREWPILE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
37 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
37 feet
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1884
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1884
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018