Somers Cove Light

The Somers Cove Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located near Crisfield, Maryland. Dismantled early, its remains are a landmark to watermen in the area.

Somers Cove Light
1915 photograph of Somers Cove Light, Maryland (USCG)
Locationat the mouth of the Little Annemessex River, SW of Crisfield, Maryland
Coordinates37.9665°N 75.8775°W / 37.9665; -75.8775
Year first lit1867
Deactivated1932
Foundationscrew-pile
Constructioncast-iron/wood
Tower shapesquare house
Original lenssixth-order Fresnel lens

History

Little is known about this minor light, other than that it was constructed in 1867 to at the cost of $10,000. Unlike many other screw-pile lighthouses it was apparently never threatened by ice, and thus passed a quiet life until it was dismantled in 1932, replaced by a skeleton tower. The ferry to Tangier Island passes its remains.

References

  • "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  • Somers Cove Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
  • de Gast, Robert (1973). The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 167.
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