Fort Carroll, MD

Fort Carroll Lighthouse received its name, from the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence, Charles Carroll (1737-1832). The lighthouse stands on a man-made, three and a half acre, hexagonal shaped island near the mouth of Maryland's Patapsco River, adjacent to the Francis Scott Key Bridge. During the War of 1812, Britain's invasion rallied the citizens of Baltimore to petition the United States Senate to build a fort in the shallow water of Soller’s Point Flats to protect the city. In 1847, the United States War Department began the project. The crews, under brevet-colonel Robert E. Lee’s leadership, began to drive pilings into the water so the foundation could be built. In 1853, a lighthouse was added atop the fort’s parapets and in 1854 a Sixth Order Fresnel lens was installed. The keeper and his family were the first permanent residents of the island. In 1900, a new square wood tower with a Fifth Order Fresnel lens and its bell signal was built at a more central location on the west wall. The fort was abandoned in 1921, except for the lighthouse and even that was eventually automated in 1920 and permanently darkened in 1945.

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