SOLOMONS LUMP

Year Established:
1875
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1992
Photo Credit:
Ralph Eshelman
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
KEDGES STRAITS
Latitude:
38° 02.49'
Longitude:
76° 00.54'
City / Town:
CRISFIELD
U.S. State:
Maryland
Location County:
SOMERSET
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. SOLOMONS LUMP
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1895
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
CAST IRON/CONCRETE CAISSON
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
47 feet from water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
47
Tower Shape:
SQUARE ON CYLINDRICAL PIER
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1895
Keeper's Quarters Style:
OCTAGONAL ATTACHED
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
FRAME
Other Structures:
NONE

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
200 MM
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1895
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017