Type:
Year Established:
1892
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
312A_Sharkfin_Shoal_MD_1972_CG2.jpg (2.38 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1972
Photo Credit:
USCG
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
North End Tangier Sound
Latitude:
38° 12.06'
Longitude:
75° 59.13'
City / Town:
CHANCE
U.S. State:
Maryland
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1964
Disposition:
When Automated Old House Removed and Old Foundation Beams Replaced W/steel and Skeletal Tower Erected on Battery House
Year Tower Established:
1892
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
SCREWPILE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
44 feet from water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
44 feet
Tower Shape:
HEXAGONAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1892
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1892
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
REPLACED CLAY ISLAND LIGHT