great shoals lighthouse
The lighthouse is one of a series of 4 completed between 1978 and 1980 by John G. Goebel of Salisbury, Md. who was lifetime lover of area lighthouses and the beach up to his death in 1984
Great Shoals lighthouse was built in 1884 at the mouth of the Wicomico River on Maryland's Eastern Shore to support thew local oyster trade and allow vessels traveling upriver to navigate the shoal. Construction was done remarkably rapidly. The tender Jessamine arrived at the site on June 17, 1884, and the fixed fifth-order lens first displayed on August 15.
The original lighthouse no longer exists. The lighthouse site is one mile from Wingate Point at the mouth of the Wicomico River on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
In 1966, the hexagonal screwpile light was discontinued. The lighthouse was dismantled and replaced with an automated beacon on the screwpile foundation.
Great Shoals lighthouse was built in 1884 at the mouth of the Wicomico River on Maryland's Eastern Shore to support thew local oyster trade and allow vessels traveling upriver to navigate the shoal. Construction was done remarkably rapidly. The tender Jessamine arrived at the site on June 17, 1884, and the fixed fifth-order lens first displayed on August 15.
The original lighthouse no longer exists. The lighthouse site is one mile from Wingate Point at the mouth of the Wicomico River on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
In 1966, the hexagonal screwpile light was discontinued. The lighthouse was dismantled and replaced with an automated beacon on the screwpile foundation.
Dimensions: 11x17
Medium: pencil sketch
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