Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Maryland--Sharps Island Light

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SHARPS ISLAND LIGHT

State: MARYLAND
Location: SW OF TILGHMAN ISLAND / CHESAPEAKE BAY
Nearest City: FAIRBANK
County: TALBOT
U.S.C.G. District: 5
Year Station Established: 1838

NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 1997

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1882
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1938
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE CAISSON
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: BROWN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 35
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 250 MM
Year Present Lens Installed: 1977
Height of Focal Plane: 54
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1838
Description: INTEGRAL FRAME BUILT TO BE MOVED
Fate/Disposition: MOVED IN 1848
2. Construction Date: 1866
Description: SCREWPILE
Fate/Disposition: DESTROYED BY ICE 1881, REPLACED BY CAISSON

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1882
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Construction Materials: CAST IRON

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #82002821
Name of Listing: SHARPS ISLAND LIGHT
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
TOWER LEANING SINCE ICE DAMAGE IN 1977

Last Modified: Wed, Mar 13 2002 6:25:02 pm EDT
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