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Great Shoals Lighthouse - date unknown
Great Shoals Lighthouse - 1952
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St. Stephen, Maryland, USA
Designated Waterway: Chesapeake Bay
The Great Shoals Light no longer exists. This light was located near the mouth of the Wicomico River, Chesapeake Bay, on the Maryland Eastern Shore at 38.2143° N 75.8794° W
In 1882, in response to a request from the Maryland General Assembly, the Lighthouse Board requested funding for a screw-pile lighthouse at Great Shoals. The purpose of the light was to guide vessels through a narrow channel entering and leaving the Wicomico River on Maryland’s, Chesapeake Bay, Eastern Shore.
Congress appropriated the funds in March 1883. Construction was delayed while site surveys and borings were taken and the contract for the ironwork was bid out. The square cottage was pre-fabricated at the Lazaretto Depot in Baltimore and all the components were shipped to the construction site in July 1884. The light was completed in 32 days and commissioned August 15th. The lantern exhibited a fifth order Fresnel lens.
Then abandoned, the lighthouse was dismantled in 1966.
Researched and written by Matthew B. Jenkins, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Light House Society.
| Location Type |
Offshore |
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Construction Type |
Screwpile |
| Original Optics |
Fifth order Fresnel Lense |
| Current Optics |
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| Year Built |
1884 |
| Builder: |
Lazaretto Depot |
| Operational: |
No |
| Date Deactivited: |
1966 |
| Automated: |
N/A |
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Markings: |
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| Shape: |
Square cottage style screw-pile |
| Height: |
37 feet |
| Focal
Plane Height: |
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| Range: |
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| Sound
Signal Building: |
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| Sound
Device: |
Bell |
| Existing
Keepers Quarters: |
Integrated |
| Current
Use: |
No Longer Exists |
| Current
Owner/Manager: |
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| Open to
the Public: |
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| Web
Site: |
Great Shoals Light |
National Register Status:
Miscellaneous
In 1966 the light was dismantled and a modern automated light was erected on the old foundation at 38.2143° N 75.8794° W
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