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Concord Point Light is a 36-foot (11 m) lighthouse in Havre de Grace, Maryland. It overlooks the point where Susquehanna River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, an area of increasing navigational traffic when it was constructed in 1827. [2] [3] It is the northernmost lighthouse and the second-oldest tower lighthouse still standing on the bay.
Havre de Grace 1827 1920 Active (Inactive: 1975-1983) ... List of lighthouses in Maryland. 1 language ...
John O'Neill (November 22, 1768 – January 26, 1838) was an American military officer, manufacturer and lighthouse keeper. He defended Havre de Grace, Maryland, during the Raid on Havre de Grace on May 3, 1813, during the War of 1812. He then served as lighthouse keeper at Concord Point Light from 1827 to his death.
Havre de Grace Historic District: Havre de Grace Historic District: March 25, 1982 : Roughly bounded by Chesapeake Bay, the Susquehanna River, U.S. Route 40, and Stokes, Juniata, and Superior Sts. Havre de Grace: 28: Havre de Grace Lighthouse
Fishing Battery Island south of Havre de Grace, Maryland: Coordinates: Tower; Construction: brick: Automated: 1939: Height: 32 ft (current tower 38 ft) Shape: keeper's house with lantern on roof; replaced by steel skeleton tower: Light; First lit: 1853: Deactivated: 1925 (original light) Lens
Havre de Grace (/ h æ v ər d ɪ ˈ ɡ r eɪ s /), [2] abbreviated HdG, is a city in Harford County, Maryland, United States. It is situated at the mouth of the Susquehanna River and the head of Chesapeake Bay .
Watts Island Light (1833, destroyed in a storm in 1944) – this was his only light built outside of Maryland Blakistone Island Light (1851, destroyed by fire in 1956) Donahoo died in 1858, and was buried in Havre de Grace's Angel Hill Cemetery .
Havre de Grace Historic District is a national historic district at Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland, United States.It is an urban district of approximately a thousand buildings and includes the central business district and most of the residential neighborhoods radiating out of it.