Bodkin Island Light
Lighthouse in Maryland, United States
Lighthouse
39°08′02″N 76°25′37″W / 39.134°N 76.427°W / 39.134; -76.427The Bodkin Island Light (or Bodkin Point Light) was a lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay, United States, the first erected in Maryland.
History
The lighthouse was constructed as an aid to shipping entering Baltimore; it was built on Bodkin Island (not to be confused with an island of the same name located south of Kent Island), and was the first lighthouse in Maryland. The station was built by Thomas Evans and William Coppeck, who completed the 35-foot (11 m) stone tower and attached one-story keeper's dwelling in October 1821. Thirteen lamps were purchased from Winslow Lewis, and the station was formally inaugurated in January 1822.[1]
The lighthouse was plagued by problems stemming from its poor construction during much of its brief existence, and it was replaced in 1856 by the Seven Foot Knoll Light in the Patapsco River. A fisherman is said to have lived in the dwelling for a time, but eventually the island was completely abandoned; the old tower collapsed in 1914. Today, Bodkin Island has disappeared, eaten away by erosion. What remains of the site is marked as a "navigational hazard" on sea charts.
See also
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References
- ^ "Coast Guard Lighthouses". www.uscg.mil. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
External links
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Chesapeake Chapter, USLHS page
- Series of photographs detailing loss of the tower
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Lighthouses of Maryland
- Baltimore Harbor Light
- Blakistone Island Light
- Bloody Point Bar Light
- Bodkin Island Light
- Cedar Point Light
- Choptank River Light
- Clay Island Light
- Cobb Point Bar Light
- Concord Point Light
- Cove Point Light
- Craighill Channel Lower Range Front Light
- Craighill Channel Lower Range Rear Light
- Craighill Channel Upper Range Front Light
- Craighill Channel Upper Range Rear Light
- Drum Point Light
- Fishing Battery Light
- Fog Point Light
- Fort Carroll Light
- Fort Washington Light
- Great Shoals Light
- Greenbury Point Light
- Hawkins Point Light
- Holland Island Bar Light
- Hooper Island Light
- Hooper Strait Light
- Janes Island Light
- Lazaretto Point Light
- Leading Point Light
- Love Point Light
- Lower Cedar Point Light
- Maryland Point Light
- Mathias Point Light
- North Point Range Lights
- Piney Point Light
- Point Lookout Light
- Point No Point Light
- Pooles Island Light
- Ragged Point Light
- Sandy Point Shoal Light
- Seven Foot Knoll Light
- Sharkfin Shoal Light
- Sharps Island Light
- Solomons Lump Light
- Somers Cove Light
- Thomas Point Shoal Light
- Triton Light
- Turkey Point Light
- Upper Cedar Point Light
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