&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:PointnopointlightMD.PNG) Undated photograph of Point No Point Light, Maryland (USCG) | |
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| Location | off west shore of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland north of the mouth of the Potomac River |
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| Coordinates | 38°07′41″N 76°17′24″W / 38.128°N 76.29°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1905  |
| Foundation | Pneumatic caisson |
| Construction | Brick |
| Automated | 1938, but remained staffed until 1962 |
| Height | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Shape | Octagonal |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Fog signal | Horn, 1 every 30 sec |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1905 |
| Focal height | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Lens | original: fourth order Fresnel lens current: 14.8 inches (375 mm) |
| Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) |
| Characteristic | Flashing white 6 sec |
Point No Point Light Station | |
| Nearest city | Dameron, Maryland |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built by | Toomey Brothers, New York |
| MPS | Light Stations of the United States MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 02001425[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 2, 2002 |
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Point No Point Light, located in the Chesapeake Bay off the eponymous point several miles north of the mouth of the Potomac River, was constructed as part of a program to add lighted navigational aids in a thirty-mile stretch of the bay between Cove and Smith Points.[2][3][4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- ^ Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012. p. 71.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.