Thursday, April 21, 2011

Great Shoals Lighthouse

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Name of Lighthouse: Great Shoals
Location: Near the mouth of the Wicomico River, Chesapeake Bay, Eastern Shore
Date Built: 1884
Type of Structure: Square screw-pile
Height: 37 feet above mean high water
Characteristics: Fixed white (when in service)
Foghorn: Bell
Appropriation: $15,000
Status: No longer standing
Image: via : www.uscg.mil


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