The Leading Point Light was an unusual lighthouse which displayed the rear light to the Brewerton Channel Range. It was eventually superseded by an iron tower on the same foundation.
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| Location | Leading Point west of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on the south bank of the Patapsco River |
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| Coordinates | 39°12′49″N 76°33′06″W / 39.2137°N 76.5518°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1868  |
| Construction | Brick |
| Height | 34 ft |
| Shape | House with lantern/daymark on roof |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1868 |
| Deactivated | 1924 |
| Focal height | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Characteristic | F G |
History
editThis light was built in 1868, along with the Hawkins Point Light, to provide range lights marking the Brewerton Channel, excavated in the 1850s to provide a fixed deepwater channel into Baltimore Harbor. In form, it was like no other lighthouse in the area, a brick house with a short tower holding the lantern surmounted with a tall pole supporting a large ball, to be used as a daymark.
In 1924 both lights in this range were torn down and replaced with skeleton towers, which remain in use.
References
edit- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- Brewerton Range Front Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
External links
edit- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
