Location | Fishing Battery Island south of Havre de Grace, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 39°29′42″N 76°04′59″W / 39.495°N 76.083°W |
Tower | |
Construction | brick |
Automated | 1939 |
Height | 32 ft (current tower 38 ft) |
Shape | keeper's house with lantern on roof; replaced by steel skeleton tower |
Light | |
First lit | 1853 |
Deactivated | 1925 (original light) |
Lens | sixth/fifth order Fresnel lens |
Range | 4 mi (white)/3 mi (red) (current light) |
Characteristic | Fixed white (original); Flashing white with two red sectors (current) |
Fishing Battery Light was the last lighthouse constructed in Maryland by John Donahoo. While still standing, it has been supplanted by a steel tower which stands adjacent to it.