Piney Point Lighthouse - Piney Point MD
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 08.154 W 076° 31.748
18S E 365990 N 4221998
Fog in the area along the treacherous shoreline at Pine Point resulted in the addition of a bell tower in 1880. Replaced by a reed horn in 1936 the bell tower was to fall victim to Hurricane Hazel in 1954.
Waymark Code: WM134RK
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2020
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Piney Point Lighthouse-On Christmas Eve of 1835, land consisting of 2.5 acres was purchased by the Federal Government from William and Charlotte Suter for three hundred dollars. The following year the first lighthouse constructed entirely on the shoreline of the Potomac River was built by John Donohoe of Havre De Grace, Maryland.
A fixed white light consisting of ten lamps and 10 reflectors was installed increasing the visibility of the beacon for eleven miles. A Fresnel lens of the fifth order was added in 1855.
Fog in the area along the treacherous shoreline at Pine Point resulted in the addition of a bell tower in 1880. Replaced by a reed horn in 1936 the bell tower was to fall victim to Hurricane Hazel in 1954.
(Photos courtesy of the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia)
Group that erected the marker: Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Lighthouse Road (SR 498)
Piney Point, MD USA
20674
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