Type:
Year Established:
1872
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1879
Download:
162_Love_Point_Shoal_MD_1952_CG2.jpg (4.16 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1952
Photo Credit:
USCG
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
N. End Kent Island/chesapeake Bay
Latitude:
39° 3.15'
Longitude:
76° 17.08'
City / Town:
LOVE POINT
U.S. State:
Maryland
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1964
Disposition:
House Dismantled 1964, Foundation Serves as a Base For Small Flashing Light and Fog Bell
Year Tower Established:
1872
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
IRON SCREWPILE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
38 feet from water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
38
Tower Shape:
HEXAGONAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1872
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
5th order Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1872
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018