Drum Point Light
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.
Drum Point Light, Calvert Marine Museum, December 2008 | |
| 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 | 38.319°N 76.421°W (approximate original); 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 | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Area | less than one acre |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000910 |
| Added to NRHP | April 11, 1973 |
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