Fishing Battery Light

Fishing Battery Light
old Fishing Battery Light with current skeleton tower standing behind
Map
LocationFishing Battery Island south of Havre de Grace, Maryland
Coordinates39°29′42″N 76°04′59″W / 39.495°N 76.083°W / 39.495; -76.083
Tower
Constructionbrick
Automated1939
Height32 ft (current tower 38 ft)
Shapekeeper's house with lantern on roof; replaced by steel skeleton tower
Light
First lit1853
Deactivated1925 (original light)
Lenssixth/fifth order Fresnel lens
Range4 mi (white)/3 mi (red) (current light)
CharacteristicFixed 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.