Location | Pooles Island off Aberdeen Proving Ground |
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Coordinates | 39°17′25.6″N 76°15′58.8″W / 39.290444°N 76.266333°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1825 |
Construction | Stone |
Automated | 1918 |
Height | 11.5 m (38 ft) |
Shape | conical tower |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
Fog signal | none |
Light | |
First lit | 1825 |
Deactivated | 1939 - 2011 |
Focal height | 44 feet (13 m) |
Lens | fourth-order Fresnel lens |
Characteristic | FI(4+3) W 16s |
Pooles Island Lighthouse | |
Nearest city | Edgewood, Maryland |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1825 |
Built by | Donohoo, John |
NRHP reference No. | 97000060[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 19, 1997 |
Pooles Island Light is the oldest lighthouse still standing in Maryland[2] and the fourth oldest in the Chesapeake Bay area. The light is located on Pooles Island in the central Chesapeake Bay.