Fog Point Light

Fog Point Light
Location	Northwest tip of Smith Island, Maryland
Coordinates	38°01′48″N 76°02′30″W / 38.0299°N 76.0417°W / 38.0299; -76.0417Coordinates: 38°01′48″N 76°02′30″W / 38.0299°N 76.0417°W / 38.0299; -76.0417 (approximate)
Year first lit	1827
Deactivated	1875
Construction	stone/wood
Tower shape	House with lantern on roof
Height	40 ft
Original lens	fifth-order Fresnel lens

The Fog Point Light was a historic lighthouse located at Fog Point, the northwestern tip of Smith Island, Maryland in the Chesapeake Bay.

History

This light was constructed in 1827 by John Donahoo to mark the entrance to the Kedges Strait north of Smith Island. Originally equipped with 10 Argand lamps and reflectors, it received a fifth-order Fresnel lens in 1855.

This light's isolated location on swampy ground was cause for concern, and in 1872 a Lighthouse Board report noted it as having little value. In 1875 it was supplanted by the Solomons Lump Light, which stood in the strait to the northeast. The old light was abandoned, and no trace of it remains.

References

"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
Fog Point 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. 166.

External links

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

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