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  2. Thomas Point Shoal Light - Wikipedia

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    A stone lighthouse was constructed in 1825 on shore at Thomas Point [3] by John Donahoo, Thomas Point Light.It was replaced in 1838 by another stone tower. The point was subject to continuing erosion (which would eventually bring down the lighthouse on the point in 1894), [6] and in 1873 Congress appropriated $20,000 for the construction of a screw-pile structure out in the bay, Thomas Point ...

  3. List of lighthouses in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    The first lighthouse in the state was lit in 1822 and the last in 1965 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest surviving structure is the Pooles Island Light and the oldest still active is the Cove Point Light. The tallest extant tower is the Craighill Channel Lower Range Rear Light.

  4. Chesapeake Light - Wikipedia

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    Chesapeake Light is an offshore lighthouse marking the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. [1] The structure was first marked with a lightship in the 1930s, and was later replaced by a "Texas Tower" in 1965. The lighthouse was eventually automated and was used for supporting atmospheric measurement sites for NASA and NOAA. Due to deteriorating ...

  5. Cape Henry Lighthouses - Wikipedia

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    The Cape Henry Lighthouses are a pair of lighthouses at Cape Henry, the landform marking the southern entrance to Chesapeake Bay in the U.S. state of Virginia.The location has long been important for the large amount of ocean-going shipping traffic for the harbors, its rivers, and shipping headed to ports on the bay.

  6. List of lighthouses in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1792 (the first Cape Henry Light) and it is the oldest surviving structure; the last, Chesapeake Light, was built in 1965 (ignoring automated towers erected later). The tallest extant tower is that at Cape Charles Light.

  7. Smith Point Light - Wikipedia

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    Smith Point Light is a caisson lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Potomac River. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. History

  8. Category:Lighthouses in the Chesapeake Bay - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Lighthouses in the Chesapeake Bay" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.

  9. Baltimore Harbor Light - Wikipedia

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    The Baltimore Harbor Light, officially Baltimore Light and historically Baltimore Harbor Lighthouse is a privately owned caisson lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] First lit in 1908, it sits at the mouth of the Magothy River , marking the channel which leads northwest to the opening of the Patapsco River , which ...