Location | originally off Drum Point at the mouth of the Patuxent River in the Chesapeake Bay; relocated to the Calvert Marine Museum |
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Coordinates | 38°19′08″N 76°25′16″W / 38.319°N 76.421°W (approximate original); 38°19′52″N 76°27′47″W / 38.331°N 76.463°W (current) |
Tower | |
Foundation | screw-pile |
Construction | cast-iron/wood |
Automated | 1960 |
Height | 46 feet (14 m) |
Shape | hexagonal house |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
Light | |
First lit | August 20, 1883 |
Deactivated | September 6, 1962 |
Lens | fourth-order Fresnel lens |
Range | 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) |
Drum Point Lighthouse | |
Area | less than one acre |
NRHP reference No. | 73000910[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 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, Maryland, United States, it is now an exhibit at the Calvert Marine Museum.