Love Point Light

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

Love Point Light
Undated photograph of Love Point Light (USCG)
Locationoff northern tip of Kent Island, Maryland in the Chesapeake Bay
Coordinates39.0539°N 76.2904°W / 39.0539; -76.2904
Year first lit1872
Automated1953
Deactivated1964
Foundationscrew-pile
Constructioncast-iron/wood
Tower shapehexagonal house
Focal height10.5 metre 
Original lens3½-order Fresnel lens
Characteristicsix second white flashing with red sector

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.
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