Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Maryland--Bloody Point Bar Light

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BLOODY POINT BAR LIGHT

State: MARYLAND
Location: S. OF KENT ISLAND / UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY
Nearest City: CLAIBORNE
County: QUEEN ANNE'S
U.S.C.G. District: 5
Year Station Established: 1882

Photo courtesy of National Register of Historic Places

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1882
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1960
Foundation Materials: CAST IRON/CONCRETE CAISSON
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: BROWN
Shape: CONICAL SPARK PLUG
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 40
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1882
Present Optic: 300 MM, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 54
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1882
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL SPARK PLUG
Construction Materials: CAST IRON

Other Structures:

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: PRIVATE

Open to the Public? NO

National Register Status: DETERMINED INELIGIBLE
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
EXPLODED AND GUTTED BY FIRE 1960; PROPERTY SOLD BY GSA AT AUCTION IN 2006

Last Modified: Tue, Oct 24 2006 12:11:02 pm EDT
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