Love Point Light

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Love Point Light
Tower
Undated photograph of Love Point Light (USCG)

Location	off northern tip of Kent Island, Maryland in the Chesapeake Bay
Coordinates	39°03′14″N 76°17′25″W / 39.0539°N 76.2904°W / 39.0539; -76.2904
Constructed	1872
Foundation	screw-pile
Construction	cast-iron/wood
Automated	1953
Shape	hexagonal house

Light
First lit	1872
Deactivated	1964
Focal height	10.5 m (34 ft)
Lens	3½-order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	six second white flashing with red sector

Love Point Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, off the northern end of Kent Island, Maryland.

History

Local pressure to build a light at this site was noted as early as 1837, but an appropriation in 1857 was insufficient, and it was not until 1872 that a light was constructed, using the same plan as the original Choptank River Light. As with many screw-pile structures, it had several run-ins with ice, with several pilings being damaged in its first winter. It was threatened again in 1879, but escaped further damage.

Automation and dismantling followed the pattern of other screw-pile lights in the bay; it was automated in 1953 and the house removed in 1964, replaced by a small light and fog bell on the old foundation.

References

"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
Love Point Lighthouse, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
de Gast, Robert (1973). The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 163. ISBN 9780801815485.

External links

Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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