Type:
Year Established:
1889
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2008
Photo Credit:
Mike and Carol McKinney
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Holland Straits off Holland Island
Latitude:
38° 4.07'
Longitude:
76° 5.46'
City / Town:
POINT LOOKOUT
U.S. State:
Maryland
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1960
Disposition:
Dismantled 1960 and Replaced with Automated Skeletal Tower
Year Tower Established:
1889
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
SCREWPILE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
42 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
42
Tower Shape:
HEXAGONAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1889
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
DISMANTLED 1960
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1889
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
Dwelling removed from screwpile structure in 1960