Craighill Channel Upper Range Rear Light
.jpg) Craighill Channel Upper Range Rear Light | |
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| Location | East side of Sparrows Point on the north shore of the Patapsco River |
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| Foundation | stone |
| Construction | iron skeleton tower |
| Automated | 1929 |
| Height | 64 feet (20 m) |
| Shape | pyramidal with square central shaft |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1886 |
| Characteristic | Fixed red (originally white) |
Cut-off Channel Range Rear Light Station | |
| Nearest city | Edgemore, Maryland |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1886 |
| MPS | Light Stations of the United States MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 02001423[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 02, 2002 |
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The Craighill Channel Upper Range Rear Light is one of a pair of range lights that marks the second section of the shipping channel into Baltimore harbor.
History
[edit | edit source]This light was constructed in 1885 as part of a range light pair to mark the then newly excavated Craighill Cutoff Channel. A modest iron skeleton tower was erected, pyramidal in form with a wooden, corrugated iron-sheathed square shaft at its center to house the lamp and the access stairway. Its only architectural ornaments were a few windows to light the stairwell and a gallery to allow the outside of the light's window to be cleaned. A keeper's house was built nearby, connected to the light by a brick walk. The original light was a locomotive headlight displaying a fixed white light; this has since been replaced with a more conventional fixture displaying a red light.[2]
The grounds were (and are) surrounded by private property, and in 1888 there was a dispute over access to the light. Other than that the light has passed a quiet life, punctuated only by automation in 1929 and the demolition of the keeper's house. It is still an active aid to navigation.
References
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- Craighill Range Lighthouses, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
- Craighill Channel Upper Rear Lighthouse at lighthousefriends.org
External links
[edit | edit source]- https://www.craighillrange.org
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- Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Project - Craighill Channel Range Lights
- Cut-off Channel Range Rear Light Station, Baltimore County, at Maryland Historical Trust
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