Craighill Channel Upper Range Front Light

Craighill Channel Upper Range Front Light
undated photograph of the Craighill Channel Upper Range Front Light (USCG)
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Location	West of Fort Howard (North Point) on the north shore of the Patapsco River
Coordinates	39°11′50″N 76°26′54″W / 39.1971°N 76.4482°W / 39.1971; -76.4482Coordinates: 39°11′50″N 76°26′54″W / 39.1971°N 76.4482°W / 39.1971; -76.4482
Year first lit	1886
Automated	1929
Foundation	stone
Construction	brick
Tower shape	square tower
Height	15 feet (4.6 m)
Characteristic	Fixed red (originally white)

Cut-Off Channel Range Front Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Fort Howard, Maryland
Area	less than one acre
Built	1886 (1886)
MPS	Light Stations of the United States MPS
NRHP Reference #	02001415^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 2, 2002

The Craighill Channel Upper Range Front Light is one of a pair of range lights that marks the second section of the shipping channel into Baltimore harbor.

History

Work on the upper range lights commenced in 1885 and was completed in time to allow activation in January 1886. An initial plan to reuse the west North Point Range Light was discarded in favor of a tiny brick structure constructed on the foundation of the old light. The keeper's house was built on the shore, and a long wooden bridge allowed access to the light itself. Initially a locomotive headlight was installed to show a fixed white light.^[2]

Three years after improvements to the keeper's house were made in 1890, the bridge to the light was destroyed by a storm. Rather than rebuild it, the headlight was moved to the exterior of the light, and the keeper took up residence in the light itself. The light was electrified and automated in 1929. Although there are some claims that the light was rebuilt in 1938, this is believed to be a misunderstanding based on discrepancies in the reported height of the light over the years.

Notes

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Ralph E. Eshelman (March 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cut-off Channel Range Front Light Station" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

References

"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
Craighill Range Lighthouses, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
Craighill Channel Upper Front Lighthouse at lighthousefriends.org

External links

http://www.craighillrange.org
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Project - Craighill Channel Range Lights
Cut-off Channel Range Front Light Station, Baltimore County, at Maryland Historical Trust

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

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Baltimore Harbor approaches

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Upper Craighill Channel (cutoff)	Seven Foot Knoll Light Front Range Light Rear Range Light

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