Type:
Year Established:
1867
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1879
Download:
Lower Cedar Point MD - Ralph Eshelman.jpeg (263.06 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Credit:
Ralph Eshelman
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
End of Yates Shoal
Latitude:
38° 20.2'
Longitude:
76° 59.19'
U.S. State:
Maryland
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1867
Tower Foundation:
Screwpile
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
35 feet from water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
30 feet
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1867
Keeper's Quarters Style:
Square building on screwpile
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
wood
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
5th order Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1867
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
Original Dwelling removed and skeleton tower added in 1951.