Cedar Point Light (Maryland)
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For the lighthouse on Lake Erie, see Cedar Point Light (Ohio).
The Cedar Point Light was the last house-type lighthouse built in the Chesapeake Bay. An early victim of shoreline erosion, the cupola and gables are preserved at museums.
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Location | Cedar Point at the mouth of the Patuxent River |
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Coordinates | 38°17′58″N 76°22′04″W |
Tower | |
Construction | brick |
Height | 45 feet (14 m) |
Shape | House with tower on roof |
Light | |
First lit | 1896 |
Deactivated | 1920 |
Lens | fourth-order Fresnel lens |
Range | 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) |
Characteristic | 5 sec red flash |
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This light should not be confused with Upper Cedar Point Light or Lower Cedar Point Light, both of which stood in the Potomac River. Location: Solomons, Maryland marks the southern side of the mouth of Patuxent River (GPS coordinates corrected and approximate).