Cobb Point Bar Light

Cobb Point Bar Light
1912 photograph of Cobb Point Bar Light (USCG)
Location	off Cobb Island in the Potomac River at the mouth of the Wicomico River
Coordinates	38°14′33″N 76°49′36″W / 38.2424°N 76.8266°W / 38.2424; -76.8266Coordinates: 38°14′33″N 76°49′36″W / 38.2424°N 76.8266°W / 38.2424; -76.8266
Year first lit	1889
Deactivated	1940
Foundation	screw-pile
Construction	cast-iron/wood
Tower shape	hexagonal house
Original lens	fourth-order Fresnel lens

The Cobb Point Bar Light (also called Cobb Island Bar Light) was a screw-pile lighthouse located in the Potomac River.

History

A light at Cobb Point was first requested in 1875 to mark the entrance to the tricky channel leading into the Wicomico River (not to be confused with the river of the same name on the Eastern Shore). After two additional requests, funds were finally appropriated in 1887. Construction was delayed, however, and the light was not commissioned until Christmas 1889.

A fire in 1939 caused by light keeper Matthew Wicke, resulted in heavy damage, and in the following year the house was torn down, replaced by a beacon set on the same foundation.

References

"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
Cobb Point Bar 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. 158.

External links

Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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