Sharkfin Shoal Light

The Sharkfin Shoal Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located at the mouth of the Nanticoke River in Chesapeake Bay, US.

Sharkfin Shoal Light
LocationSouthwest of Clay Island at the mouth of the Nanticoke River
Coordinates38.2020°N 75.9868°W / 38.2020; -75.9868
Year first lit1892
Deactivated1964
Foundationscrew-pile
Constructioncast-iron/wood
Tower shapehexagonal house
Tower height44 feet (13 m)
Focal height13.5 metre 
Original lensfourth-order Fresnel lens
Characteristicwhite 6 sec flash with red sector

History

This light was constructed in 1892 to replace the Clay Island Light to the northeast. In 1964, the house was dismantled and a skeleton tower light placed on the foundation.

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References

  • "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
  • Sharkfin Shoal Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
  • de Gast, Robert (1973). The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 165.


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