Solomons Lump Light

Solomons Lump Light
Map
LocationKedges Straits North of Smith Island
Coordinates38°02′53″N 76°00′54″W / 38.04806°N 76.01502°W / 38.04806; -76.01502
Tower
Constructed1875 (original screwpile)
FoundationPneumatic caisson
Constructionbrick
Automated1950
Height11.5 m (38 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Shapesquare tower on cylindrical base
Markingswhite tower on brown base
Light
First lit1895 (current caisson)
Focal height47 feet (14 m)
Lensfourth order Fresnel lens (original), 7.9 inches (200 mm) (current)
RangeWhite: 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)
Red: 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi)
CharacteristicFl W 6s with two red sectors

Solomons Lump Light is a lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, the abbreviated remains of a caisson light built in 1895. That structure replaced a screw-pile light built on the same spot in 1875, which in turn superseded the Fog Point Light.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 200.
  2. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  3. ^ Rowlett, Russ (2010-02-28). "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.