Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse (Historic Ships in Baltimore), Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.
Lightship 116 Chesapeake (Historic Ships in Baltimore), Pier 3, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.
Green-lighted buoy, marking port (left) side of Baltimore Harbor channel for incoming vessels, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.
Safe water marks indicate navigable water all around and they are red and white and may have a white light and sound device, as well as letters. Isolated danger marks are anchored on or near hidden dangers and they are black with red bands and they may have a white light and letters. Special Aids, yellow buoys with or without yellow lights and letters, alert mariners to nets, cables, jetties, military exercise areas, and other special areas. Mooring buoys are white with a blue band and they may have a white light or reflector.
Hooper Strait Lighthouse at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels (Talbot County), Maryland, August 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Fort McHenry Channel Range Front Light, Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.
Lazaretto Point Lighthouse replica, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.
Lightship 116 Chesapeake (Historic Ships in Baltimore), Pier 3, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.
Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse (Historic Ships in Baltimore), Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.
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Concord Point Lighthouse, 700 Concord St., Havre de Grace Maryland, June 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.
Concord Point Lighthouse Keeper's House, 700 Concord St., Havre de Grace Maryland, June 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.
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Hooper Strait Lighthouse at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels (Talbot County), Maryland, August 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
WICOMICO COUNTY
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First lit in 1828
Automated in 1986First lit in 1883
Automated in 1960
Deactivated in 1962
Relocated to Calvert Marine Museum
First lit in 1835
Automated in 1947
Deactivated 2000-02 (decommissioned in 2000 by U.S. Coast Guard, but relit in 2002 by TPLS as a "private aid to navigation")
First lit in 1889
Deactivated in 1940 (replaced with beacon)
Damaged by fire and dismantledFirst lit in 1867
Deactivated in 1951 (replaced with skeleton tower)
DismantledFirst lit in 1892
Automated in 1954
Deactivated in 1963 (replaced with skeleton tower)
DismantledFirst lit in 1876
Automated in 1951
Deactivated in 1961 (replaced with skeleton tower)
DismantledFirst lit in 1867
Deactivated 1876-82, 1963 (replaced with beacon)
Dismantled
First lit in 1832
Deactivated in 1892 (replaced by Sharkfin Shoal Light)
Abandoned and destroyedFirst lit in 1889
Deactivated in 1960 (replaced with skeleton tower)
DismantledFirst lit in 1902
Automated in 1961First lit in 1892 (replaced Clay Island Light)
Deactivated in 1964 (replaced with skeleton tower)
Dismantled
First lit in 1827
Automated in 1920
Deactivated in 1975 (now a museum)
First lit in 1825
Automated in 1918
Deactivated 1939-2011 (relit by U.S. Army on May 21, 2011)
First lit in 1901
Automated in 1954
First lit in 1882
Automated in 1961First lit in 1872
Automated in 1953
Deactivated in 1964 (replaced with automated light)
Dismantled
First lit in 1851
Automated in 1932
Destroyed by fire in 1956 and razed; replica completed in 2008First lit in 1896
Deactivated in 1928
DismantledFirst lit in 1836
Deactivated in 1964 (now a museum)First lit in 1830
Deactivated in 1966First lit in 1905
Automated in 1938First lit in 1910
Deactivated in 1962 (replaced with skeleton tower)
Dismantled
First lit in 1827
Deactivated in 1875 (replaced by Solomons Lump Light)
Abandoned and destroyedFirst lit in 1867 (first lighthouse destroyed by ice; second light lit in 1879)
Deactivated in 1935 (replaced with skeleton tower)
DestroyedFirst lit in 1875 (replaced Fog Point Light) (first lighthouse destroyed by ice; current structure lit in 1895)
Automated in 1950First lit in 1867
Deactivated in 1832 (replaced with skeleton tower)
Dismantled
TALBOT COUNTY
First lighthouse lit in 1871 (first lighthouse destroyed by ice; second lighthouse (formerly Cherrystone Bar Light) lit in 1921)
Deactivated in 1964 (replaced with skeleton tower)
Dismantled
Replica built in CambridgeFirst lit in 1867 (first lighthouse dislodged by ice; second light lit in 1879)
Automated in 1954
Deactivated in 1966
Relocated to Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (originally located in Hooper Strait, Dorchester County)
First lit in 1838 (first lighthouse replaced; second lighthouse lit in 1866; second lighthouse dislodged by ice; current lighthouse lit in 1882)
Automated in 1938
Deactivated in 2010
Damaged by ice
First lit in 1884
Deactivated in 1966 (replaced with automated light)
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