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Location: originally off Drum Point at the mouth of the Patuxent River in the Chesapeake Bay; relocated to the Calvert Marine Museum: Coordinates (approximate original); (current): Tower; Foundation: screw-pile: Construction: cast-iron/wood: Automated: 1960: Height: 46 feet (14 m): Shape: hexagonal house: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place : Light; First lit: August 20 ...
The Calvert Marine Museum is a maritime museum located in Solomons, Maryland. The museum has three main themes: [1] regional paleontology, estuarine life of the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay, maritime history. William B. Tennison historic boat before overhaul (2003)
Solomons, 1937. Solomons, also known as Solomons Island, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,368 at the 2010 census, [2] up from 1,536 in 2000. Solomons is a popular weekend destination spot in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area.
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-906, "Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park vicinity, St. Mary's County, MD", 18 photos, 8 data pages, 2 photo caption pages; Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory.
Cobb Island: 1889 Never 1940 (Demolished after fire) None Unknown Concord Point Light: Havre de Grace: 1827 1920 Active (Inactive: 1975-1983) Fifth-order Fresnel 36 ft (11 m) Cove Point Light: Solomons
This light was built in 1828 by John Donahoo, who erected a brick conical tower along the plan he had used at several other sites in the Bay.In 1825 Congress had allocated funds to build a light at Cedar Point, four miles south at the mouth of the Patuxent River, but further consideration led to a decision to mark Cove Point and the shoal which jutted into the bay.
J. C. Lore Oyster House, also known as J. C. Lore and Sons, Inc., Seafood Packing Plant, is located at 14430 Solomons Island Road South, in Solomons, Calvert County, Maryland. It is a large two story, rectangular frame industrial building constructed in 1934 as a seafood packing plant.
Point No Point Lighthouse, Maryland from LighthouseFriends.com; de Gast, Robert (1973). The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 63. ISBN 9780801815485. "Point No Point Lighthouse: Online auction". General Services Administration Office of Real Property Disposal