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Drum Point Light
Drum Point Light, Calvert Marine Museum, December 2008
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Locationoriginally off Drum Point at the mouth of the Patuxent River in the Chesapeake Bay;
relocated to the Calvert Marine Museum
Coordinates38°19′08″N 76°25′16″W / 38.319°N 76.421°W / 38.319; -76.421 (approximate original);
38°19′52″N 76°27′47″W / 38.331°N 76.463°W / 38.331; -76.463 (current)
Tower
Foundationscrew-pile
Constructioncast-iron/wood
Automated1960
Height46 feet (14 m)
Shapehexagonal house
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First litAugust 20, 1883
DeactivatedSeptember 6, 1962
Lensfourth-order Fresnel lens
Range13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)
Drum Point Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No.73000910[1]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1973

Drum Point Light Station also known as Drum Point Lighthouse is one of four surviving Chesapeake Bay screw-pile lighthouses. Originally located off Drum Point at the mouth of the Patuxent River, it is now an exhibit at the Calvert Marine Museum.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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