Greenbury Point Shoal Light

Year Established:
1891
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1925
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society

LOCATION

Location:
Severn River Mouth/chesapeake Bay
Latitude:
38° 58.05'
Longitude:
76° 27.16'
City / Town:
ANNAPOLIS
U.S. State:
Maryland
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

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

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1934
Disposition:
House Dismantled 1934 and Replaced by Steel Skeletal Tower on Old Foundation
Year Tower Established:
1891 (4TH ORDER LIGHT ON KEEPERS DWELLING)
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
SCREWPILE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
39 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
39
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL ON DWELLING
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1891
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
4th Order Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1891
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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