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Managing Organization:
U.S. Naval Air Test Center
Notes:
The lighthouse is located on a U.S. Naval Air Test Center; the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has bought the light station from the Navy. The lighthouse is open once a year through the Maryland Park Service and Point Lookout State Park. For more about the lighthouse see www.ptlookoutlighthouse.com
Tower Height: 36
Height of Focal Plane: 41
Description of Tower: Red, octagonal iron tower and lantern on roof of dwelling.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
Integral 2.5 story wood frame and brick keeper's house.
Date Established: 1830
Date Present Tower Built: 1883
Date Deactivated: 1965
Optics: 18??: Fourth order Fresnel lens (removed).
Fog Signal: A bell tower, bell and striking mechanism are now at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels.
Current Use: Part of Naval facility.
Open To Public? Once yearly.
Directions:
Follow Maryland State Route 5 to Point Lookout State Park. Continue on for two miles to the lighthouse at the end of the road. For information on the yearly open house (usually in fall), call the Maryland Park Service at 301-872-5688.
Keepers: James Davis (1830, died in service), Ann Davis (1830-1847). For a complete list of keepers see www.ptlookoutlighthouse.com/keepers.html
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