This is the Drum Point Lighthouse formerly located where the north end of the Patuxent reaches the Chesapeake, but currently situated in the middle of the Calvert Marine Museum. Construction on the light finished in 1883, and it served the area well, as many boats had run aground in the shallow areas around drum point. While it was orignally built in the water, by the 1970′s it was competely on land due to the constantly growing shoreline from the deposit of silt from upstream.
In the 70′s it was moved to its current home after it had been vandialized and abandoned following its decommisisioning in the 60′s.
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1 LEC // Jan 28, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Very nice. When was the photo taken? It looks warm!
2 Jeff // Jan 28, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Thanks. It was taken in October, on a beautiful sunday afternoon.
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