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Lighthouses Historical Markers
Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, rocks, and safe entries to harbors. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and have become uneconomical since the advent of cheaper electronic navigational systems. Many remain standing due to historic preservation efforts. This Series is all about lighthouses. It includes lightships; artifacts from lighthouses; the Coast Guard's lighthouse service; replica, non-working lighthouses (such as those for tourism or novelty); lighthouse keepers' housing; and descriptions from lighthouse keeper's lives; and even markers with a photo or drawing of a lighthouse.
Near High Street north of Water Street when traveling north.
This box-like structure on the outside of the lighthouse represents the outhouse for the lighthouse keepers. In the original lighthouse, the outhouse was an enclosed room that extended out from the wall and across the deck. The unheated privy was . . . — — Map (db m205053) HM
Near High Street north of Water Street when traveling north.
Because the original Choptank River Lighthouse was located two miles off shore, keepers went to work by launch boat, pictured above. We've created a replica of that boat, designed according to blueprints filed with the U.S. National Archives and . . . — — Map (db m205052) HM
Concord Point, like all lighthouses, was run by the United States Lighthouse Establishment (LHE). All building projects were approved and paid for by the LHE.
Several outbuildings were added to the Keeper's House property including a well in . . . — — Map (db m164220) HM
Several outbuildings were added to the property after the initial construction of the Keeper’s House.
A well was dug in 1827 and research indicated that a pump was installed to draw water.
The pump house was added over the well in 1851. . . . — — Map (db m165843) HM
Built in 1827 of Port Deposit granite by local contractor John Donahoo, who built thirteen of the earliest lighthouses on the Chesapeake Bay. Originally lit with 9 whale oil lamps; a Fresnel lens was installed in 1854. The first keeper, John . . . — — Map (db m137129) HM
On Concord Street at Lafayette Street, on the left on Concord Street. Reported permanently removed.
Erected at the mouth of the Susquehanna River in 1827, it is the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation in the United States. Now under automatic control, it was manned by the O’neill Family until 1928. John O’neill was named as the first . . . — — Map (db m165000) HM
The original property for the lighthouse Keeper's House included the entire block bounded by Concord Street to the east, Lafayette Street to the south, Alliance Street to the north and Young Street to the west. A fence surrounding the property . . . — — Map (db m164959) HM
On Concord Street at Lafayette Street, on the left when traveling south on Concord Street.
On the point where the mighty Susquehanna River meets the Chesapeake Bay stands the lighthouse that protected vessels from dangerous waters for 148 years.
Built in 1827 to protect vessels from dangerous shoals and currents at the mouth of the . . . — — Map (db m164071) HM
On Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling west.
Prior to the building of the Conowingo Dam in 1928, this area flooded every spring when the snow melted. Light keepers used a boat to go from the house to the lighthouse in order to light the lamps.
Raised wooden walkways were constructed . . . — — Map (db m164989) HM
This area has always been susceptible to flooding. Several times throughout the year, the entire property would have been under water. There are reports of light keepers taking a boat from the house to the lighthouse in order to light the lamps. . . . — — Map (db m165844) HM
On Concord Street at Lafayette Street on Concord Street.
Here on the morning of May 3, 1813, British Forces under Admiral Cockburn landed, sacked, and burned the town. The principal defenses were two small batteries on Concord Point. The “Potato Battery” on high ground, was manned to the last by John . . . — — Map (db m162149) HM
On Concord Street at Lafayette Street, on the left when traveling north on Concord Street.
John O'Neill led a futile defense when British raiders attacked Havre de Grace May 3, 1813. As other defenders fled, O'Neill briefly manned a cannon alone.
His courage earned O'Neill a presidential appointment as first keeper of the . . . — — Map (db m163824) HM
On Concord Street at Lafayette Street on Concord Street.
Each night he left his house to climb the 27 stairs and 6 rung iron ladder to the top of the lighthouse. And he did this three times a night to refill the oil that kept the light burning and the ships safe.
This is the house of . . . — — Map (db m164072) HM
On Concord Street 0.1 miles north of Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling south.
Havre de Grace resident John Donahoo constructed the
lighthouse Keeper's House with attached kitchen, as well as
the lighthouse in 1827. It was originally a one and half story structure measuring 34 by 20 feet with two rooms and an attached . . . — — Map (db m164975) HM
On Lafayette Street close to Concord Street, on the right when traveling west.
In 1920, the Keeper's House and property were sold by the U.S. Government. The light had been automated and a keeper was no longer necessary. The building became a boarding house until the mid-1930s. It then became a bar, dance hall and . . . — — Map (db m164986) HM
On Concord Street at Lafayette Street, on the right on Concord Street.
1827-1920. Constructed by John Donahoo of Havre de Grace; Builder of Twelve Maryland Lighthouses
The house and property were sold by the U.S.
Government in April 1920 as the light had been automated and a resident keeper was no longer . . . — — Map (db m164821) HM
At every lighthouse in the United States, the lighthouse Keeper's
House was built to house a keeper and his family. In most families,
the wife and children would help keep the lights burning. In many
cases, when the keeper died, the wife or son . . . — — Map (db m164993) HM
1. Construction of an ice plant on the waterfront allowed seafood packers to ship their products to more distant destinations. Buy boats, described in the next paragraph, are docked at the ice plant after unloading at one of the local packing . . . — — Map (db m98703) HM
Near Point Breeze Road 0.2 miles east of Colton Point Road (Maryland Route 242). Reported permanently removed.
In 1918, the United States War Department established the Dahlgren Proving Grounds in King George County, Virginia. Military leaders who had observed the death and destruction of World War I wanted more accurate and effective large guns for future . . . — — Map (db m104737) HM
Near Point Breeze Road 0.2 miles east of Colton Point Road (Maryland Route 242). Reported permanently removed.
1851 Isaac Wood
1853 George Goddard
1859 Jerome L. McWilliams
1868 Dr. Joseph L. McWilliams
1875 Mrs. Josephine McWilliams Freeman
1912 William M. Freeman, Jr.
1913 Leonard H. Staubly
1917 Francis E. Butterfield, Jr. . . . — — Map (db m24187) HM
The original Blackistone Lighthouse was built in 1851, ten years before the start of the American Civil War. It was constructed by John Donahoo of Havre De Grace, Maryland, under contract with the U.S. Government. In 1932, it was . . . — — Map (db m204928) HM
Rebuilding for future generations. Josephine Mattingly, granddaughter of Mrs. Josephine Freeman, left a bequest to the St. Clement's Hundred, a non-profit group formed to preserve and enhance St. Clement's Island. Fulfilling this promise, the . . . — — Map (db m204931) HM
During the night of May 19, 1864, Confederate Navy Capt. John Goldsmith and a dozen men slipped past a nearby Union Potomac Flotilla gunboat and disembarked here from the 30-foot sloop Swan. They intended to destroy the Blackistone . . . — — Map (db m204935) HM
The original bell tower erected in 1888 included machinery designed to strike every 16 seconds. It served as a vital part of the warning system for ships in inclement weather.
This bell tower was built by Paul Bennett and Jay Pilkerton . . . — — Map (db m204934) HM
On Point Breeze Road 0.1 miles east of Colton Point Road, on the left when traveling east.
A Potomac River landmark, St. Clement's Island has served many functions: a lighthouse site, a summer resort, and farmland. The island became a state park in 1962 and today offers trails, a lighthouse you can explore, wildlife viewing, . . . — — Map (db m204851) HM
On Point Breeze Road 0.2 miles east of Colton Point Road (Route 242), on the left when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
On May 19, 1864 Confederates raided St. Clement's Island to destroy the 1851 lighthouse. Capt. John Goldsmith, a county residence who had once owned the island, led the attack, having joined the Confederate army in Virginia. In a thirty-foot . . . — — Map (db m9181) HM
On Point Breeze Road west of Dave Bailey Road, on the right when traveling east.
Across the road, in the St. Clement's Island Museum, you can learn why Maryland's first colonists risked a harrowing sea voyage from England to an uncertain future in America. Follow their experiences in the New World, including their . . . — — Map (db m204841) HM
This 62 acre park is the location of the landing of Maryland's first colonists. 150 British settlers, sailing on the Ark and Dove, arrived on the Island on March 25, 1634, which is now commemorated annually as Maryland Day. A . . . — — Map (db m204861) HM
On Point Breeze Road 0.1 miles east of Colton Point Road, on the left when traveling east.
It was April 22, 1865, the eight day of the intense manhunt for President Lincoln's assassin—John Wilkes Booth—across southern Maryland. U.S. Army and Navy detachments were in the chase, including vessels of the Potomac Flotilla, which had helped . . . — — Map (db m204852) HM
Near Point Breeze Road 0.2 miles east of Colton Point Road (Maryland Route 242). Reported permanently removed.
Glaciers, storms, tides and winds are constantly creating and destroying islands and shorelines throughout the Chesapeake Bay region. According to Maryland settler and Jesuit missionary Father Andrew White, St. Clement's Island was 400 acres in . . . — — Map (db m24196) HM
Near Three Notch Road (Maryland Route 235) north of Pegg Road/Burse Rd., on the right when traveling east.
Panel 1: Chronology
The Cedar Point Lighthouse marked the southern point of the confluence of the Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent River during the years from its completion in 1896 until it was abandoned by the Coast Guard in 1928. This . . . — — Map (db m62467) HM
Near Three Notch Road (Maryland Route 235) just north of Buse Road, on the right when traveling north.
A Chesapeake Landmark Erected in 1896, the Cedar Point Lighthouse marked the southern point of where the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay come together. The lighthouse was a three-story brick and frame structure, with its cupola mounted 50 . . . — — Map (db m138622) HM
Protecting ships from treacherous waters has been a necessity since ancient times when bonfires and strategically placed cottage lanterns warned seamen of dangers in fog and darkness. Lighthouses of the Chesapeake and Potomac River waterways are . . . — — Map (db m9011) HM
Protecting ships from treacherous waters has been a necessity since ancient times when bonfires and strategically placed cottage lanterns warned seamen of dangers in fog and darkness. Light houses of the Potomac River waterways are variations . . . — — Map (db m192976) HM
Piney Point Lighthouse, Museum and Historic Park, a Chesapeake Bay Gateway, is one of your entry points to enjoy and learn about the places and stories of the Chesapeake and its watershed.
The 64,000 square-mile watershed is a complete ecosystem. . . . — — Map (db m9019) HM
The Piney Point area possesses its own unique social history and charm. Named for the loblolly and long leaf yellow pines along the shoreline, Piney Point became the social center of Washington D.C. between 1820 and 1910. President James Monroe . . . — — Map (db m94280) HM
On Christmas Eve of 1835, land consisting of 2.5 acres was purchased by the Federal Government from William and Charlotte Suter for three hundred dollars. The following year the first lighthouse constructed entirely on the shoreline of the Potomac . . . — — Map (db m94283) HM
Near Lighthouse Road (County Route 498) 1.4 miles east of Piney Point Road (County Route 249), on the left when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
In 1861, the U.S. created the Potomac Flotilla (gunboats and other armed vessels) to patrol the river and intercept Confederate blockade runners. Nevertheless, St. Mary's County residents frequently ferried supplies and men across to Virginia. A . . . — — Map (db m188560) HM
Near Lighthouse Road (County Route 498) 1.4 miles east of Piney Point Road (County Route 249), on the left when traveling east.
Here at Piney Point Lighthouse on December 11, 1861, Captain Shore of the steamer Chamberlin disembarked when he saw a distress flag flying. Inside the lighthouse, the wife of Keeper Robert J. Marshall, reported that "five or six loads of . . . — — Map (db m188667) HM
On Christmas Eve 1835, the Federal Government purchased 2.5 acres of land from William and Charlotte Suter for $300. A year later the first lighthouse constructed entirely on the shoreline of the Potomac River went into service at Piney Point. . . . — — Map (db m192977) HM
On Lighthouse Road (Maryland Route 498) south of Hotel Cove Lane, on the left when traveling south.
On Christmas Eve 1835, the Federal Government purchased 2.5 acres of land from William and Charlotte Suter for $300. A year later the first lighthouse constructed entirely on the shoreline of the Potomac River went into service at Piney . . . — — Map (db m207241) HM
Most freestanding light houses were accompanied by "keeper's quarters," which housed the light keepers and their families. The Piney Point Lighthouse and keeper's quarters were built in 1836 by John Donahoo of Havre de Grace.
The original . . . — — Map (db m8978) HM
On Lighthouse Road (Maryland Route 498) south of Hotel Cove Lane, on the left when traveling south.
Most freestanding lighthouses were accompanied by "keeper's quarters," which housed the light keepers and their families. The Piney Point Lighthouse and keeper's quarters were built in 1836 by John Donahoo of Havre de Grace, Maryland. . . . — — Map (db m207240) HM
Near Point Lookout Road (Route 5) 2 miles south of 3rd Way, on the right when traveling south.
Point Lookout's history dates long before Captain John Smith arrived in 1608. Here, where the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River meet, has changed roles many times given its location. The State of Maryland's mission is to preserve and . . . — — Map (db m297542) HM
Near Point Lookout Road (Route 5) 2.5 miles south of 3rd Way, on the right when traveling east.
The Coast Guard on the Point
During World War II (1941-1945), the U.S. Coast Guard assigned a crew of young male recruits to Point Lookout to assist the keepers in their duties and to monitor bay traffic. The crew detachment remained at . . . — — Map (db m297440) HM
On Point Lookout Road (Maryland Route 5) 2.3 miles south of 3rd Way, on the right when traveling east.
…It takes the "ATON" system
Buoys, day beacons, fog signals, range markers, radio beacons and (in the past) light ships are also Aids to Navigation (ATON). Together, they make a system that helps mariners pinpoint their location and safely . . . — — Map (db m297447) HM
Near Point Lookout Road (Maryland Route 5) south of 3rd Way, on the right when traveling east.
Repairing buoys was monotonous and repetitive, but important. Using a scraper and a lot of elbow grease, keepers removed the old paint and barnacles, then applied a new coat. Iron parts, number boards, channel lights and bells were likely fixed . . . — — Map (db m297484) HM
On Point Lookout Road, at its southernmost tip (Maryland Route 5), on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
For 136 years, the Point lookout Lighthouse helped generations of Chesapeake Bay mariners avoid shoals, navigate through dense fog, and find the Potomac River’s mouth. The beam shone until 1966, when an automated light off Point Lookout assumed . . . — — Map (db m104740) HM
On Point Lookout Road (Route 5) 2.3 miles south of 3rd Way, on the right when traveling east.
Like all other lighthouses, Point Lookout's light required around-the-clock staffing. To save funds, the light tower was combined with a house. Keepers lived in the home below and spent their days cleaning the lens, checking the oil supply, . . . — — Map (db m297434) HM
Near Point Lookout Road (Maryland Route 5) 2.3 miles south of 3rd Way, on the right when traveling south.
Point Lookout received a radio beacon monitoring system in 1937. This station monitored radio beacons in the middle section of the bay. Radio beacons allowed mariners to more accurately pinpoint their location, especially during poor visibility. . . . — — Map (db m297439) HM
Near Point Lookout Road (Maryland Route 5) 2.3 miles south of 3rd Way, on the right when traveling east.
Cedar spar buoys were subject to damage from rot, rough seas and collisions and required near-constant maintenance. Lighthouse tenders picked up damaged buoys throughout the bay and delivered them to Point Lookout. Workers used a hook to load . . . — — Map (db m297483) HM
Near Point Lookout Road (Maryland Route 5) 2.3 miles south of 3rd Way, on the right when traveling east.
Located near the midpoint of the Chesapeake Bay, Point Lookout was an ideal location for coal storage and buoy repair. Coal was used to heat lighthouses and keeper residences in the middle bay, and to fuel steam-powered service ships known as . . . — — Map (db m297437) HM
On Point Lookout Road (Maryland Route 5) 2.3 miles south of 3rd Way, on the right when traveling east.
The pilings in front of you are all that remain of Point Lookout's 250-foot-long wharf. Lighthouse tender ships (or "tenders") laden with supplies, coal and buoys needing repairs docked here. Workers used a crane to hoist cargo onto the wharf's . . . — — Map (db m297435) HM
Near Point Lookout Road (Maryland Route 5) 2.3 miles south of 3rd Way, on the right when traveling east.
"The Express sailed from Baltimore… The weather was very rough and the steamboat was pitching badly. The gale increased to a frightful extent and the steamboat was tossed helplessly about … Again and again waves swept over her and . . . — — Map (db m297490) HM
On Point Lookout Road, on the right when traveling north.
This is where the Potomac River meets the Chesapeake Bay. A naval officer once described the Point as a "bleak, barren sand beach." Yet it was an ideal location for a beacon to guide mariners traveling both the bay and the river. Authorized in . . . — — Map (db m297433) HM
Near South Morris Street at Market Street, on the right when traveling north.
1900
Oxford's population is 1243.
The oyster boom ends due to overfishing, pollution, and lack of regulation.
1904
Downtown Baltimore is destroyed by fire.
1910
Red Man's Hall is built on Morris Street as social . . . — — Map (db m204989) HM
Near North Talbot Street at Dodson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The Hooper Strait Lighthouse, built in 1879 to guide boats through the winding channel of Hooper Strait, a thoroughfare for boats bound from the Chesapeake Bay across Tangier Sound to Deal Island or places along the Nanticoke and Wicomico Rivers. . . . — — Map (db m285695) HM
Near North Talbot Street at Dodson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Three successive lightships marked the end of the Rappahannock spit, a shoal at the mouth of the Rappahannock River in Virginia, until a lighthouse was erected in 1869. In 1905, the Lighthouse Board reported that the light at Windmill Point at . . . — — Map (db m285683) HM
Near North Talbot Street at Dodson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Throngs of day trippers traveled to Tolchester Beach and its amusement park from Baltimore beginning in the 1870s, with six steamboats and a ferry servicing the resort. They disembarked from the steamboats at the end of a long, wooden pier. . . . — — Map (db m285684) HM
Keeper Ulman Owens met an untimely end at the Holland Island Bar Lighthouse in 1931. The official report ruled that he died by natural causes, but his bruised body and a nearby knife made some suspect foul play. We can't be sure this 1,000-pound . . . — — Map (db m138380) HM
Near North Talbot Street at Dodson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The U.S. Lighthouse Establishment built two cottage-style lighthouses in 1892—one in Chesapeake Bay waters at Maryland Point on the Potomac River and one in Sharkfin Shoal on Tangier Sound. Each of these was equipped with not only a lighted beacon, . . . — — Map (db m138377) HM
Near North Talbot Street at Dodson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
After the first lighthouse at Janes Island near Crisfield was destroyed by ice in January 1879, a second screwpile lighthouse identical to the one at Hooper Strait (now located on Museum ground) replaced it. Ice struck the Janes Island Light . . . — — Map (db m138379) HM
On Mill Street east of Burns Street, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
This lighthouse was originally located forty miles south of here –in Hopper Strait—where its light marked the location of one of the Chesapeake Bay’s many hidden sand bars. Because the Bay is mostly shallow, sailing a boat from the harbor to . . . — — Map (db m61486) HM
Near North Talbot Street at Dodson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Originally, a small boat hung here. This boat was the only way the lighthouse keepers had to get back to the mainland and civilization, a good five miles away. By sail, the trip took an hour or two; with a motorboat, 45 minutes to an hour. Most . . . — — Map (db m285700) HM
A screw like this one was at the bottom of each of the seven pilings (legs) of this lighthouse—allowing the leg to be screwed down into the soft Bay bottom. It would have been much easier to simply drive the leg straight down into the mud, but . . . — — Map (db m61491) HM
Near North Talbot Street at Dodson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The hexagonal screwpile cottage-style light station off Thomas Point was lit in 1875, replacing an earlier tower on the shore. In 1914, the US Lighthouse Service noted that Thomas Point Shoal's fog bell sounded a triple stroke every 30 seconds using . . . — — Map (db m138373) HM
On Mill Street east of Burns Street, on the right when traveling east.
Henry McShane started his Baltimore foundry in 1856, and by the late 1800s McShane Bell Foundry employed 90 people and produced tens of thousands of bells and chimes for churches, firehouses, public buildings and fog-alarm bells for lighthouses, . . . — — Map (db m138374) HM
When fog hides a lighthouse’s beacon, sailors need an audible signal to guide them. So a fog tower containing a bell was frequently built alongside a lighthouse. Large bells, such as the 1100 pound bell in this tower, were used because their sound . . . — — Map (db m61483) HM
On Mill Street just east of Burns Street, on the right when traveling east.
When fog hides a lighthouse's beacon, sailors need an audible signal to guide them. So a fog tower containing a bell was frequently built alongside a lighthouse. Large bells, such as the 1,100 pound bell in this tower were used because their . . . — — Map (db m138371) HM
On East Church Street near West Main Street ( Route 144), on the right when traveling south.
A panorama of the original Maryland-West Virginia river bridge. Foreground on right the Western Maryland Railroad station. Mid photo - the toll house for the bridge and the toll keeper's house with the C&O Canal and tow path to the right. . . . — — Map (db m199822) HM
On Stage Harbor Road north of Inlet Road, on the right when traveling north.
This Lighthouse lantern room dates back to 1887, when it was installed atop the south tower of Chatham’s twin lights, the third set to be built on the bluff known as James Head overlooking Chatham Harbor and the Atlantic at the elbow of Cape Cod. . . . — — Map (db m159757) HM
On Main Street at Blackberry Lane, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
The first European to land on the shores of Chatham was Samuel de Champlain, who took refuge in Stage Harbor in October, 1606. Although relations with the Natives were initially friendly, after about ten days tensions increased and a battle . . . — — Map (db m158345) HM
The waters off Chatham are notoriously dangerous because of the treacherous shoals and currents. The need for lights to warn mariners was recognized in early days of the country, and in 1806, nine years after the erection of the first lighthouse on . . . — — Map (db m154912) HM
Near Ocean View Drive at Nauset Light Beach Road, on the left when traveling south.
Nauset Light is one of the most dynamic
beaches on Cape Cod. The rate of erosion
along the Outer Cape's ocean-facing beaches
has averaged about three feet per year for the
century that scientists have been measuring it.
But this beach is an . . . — — Map (db m254329) HM
On Nauset Light Beach Road 0.2 miles north of Cable Road, on the left when traveling north.
In 1836, in response to numerous shipwrecks in the area, 21 residents of Eastham petitioned the Boston Marine Society for a lighthouse. The first Nauset Beach Light Station was built more than 500 feet east of this spot. Because of constant beach . . . — — Map (db m307217) HM
Since 1828 Nobska Light has provided a familiar beacon for "all who go down to the sea in ships". 87 feet above sea level, Nobska's flash every six seconds is visible 17 miles out to sea. This 28,000 candlepower light used a 1000-watt lamp magnified . . . — — Map (db m264882) HM
On Cable Road at Nauset Light Beach Rd on Cable Road.
Both the lighthouse standing here and the cliff in front of you have had to give away to the power of the Atlantic Ocean.
The first lighthouses built here in 1838 were placed over 600 feet east of where you are standing now. As ocean waves . . . — — Map (db m307193) HM
These three lighthouses were part of the Nauset Beach Light Station, which originally stood a quarter mile away, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Nicknamed the Three Sisters, this trio of lights provided a landmark for sailors making their way . . . — — Map (db m307194) HM
Near an unnamed road 1.8 miles south of Race Point Road.
• Established – November 5 1816
• Keeper's house built – about 1876
• Fog bell installed – 1852
• Present fog signal building built – 1876
• Steam fog whistle installed – 1876
• Keeper's house added on to – Approx. 1900
• Present . . . — — Map (db m198218) HM
Near Highland Light Rd 0.3 miles east of S Highland Rd, on the left when traveling east.
These tall cliffs seemed like solid ground when President Washington authorized the construction of Cape Cod’s first lighthouse here in 1797. But over the years, the waves of powerful winter storms have battered the base of this cliff. From time to . . . — — Map (db m141553) HM
On Highland Light Rd at S Highland Rd, on the left when traveling east on Highland Light Rd.
I have a room all to myself it is Nature.
Henry David Thoreau
The land comprising the Truro Highlands District included an early 1700s farm owned by the Small family, with a windmill for grinding grain. . . . — — Map (db m141541) HM
In 1931, the state set aside funds for a memorial to honor Massachusetts men and women who had died during the World War. Originally designed as a lighthouse for Boston's Charles River estuary, the tower's beacon was intended "to shine each night, . . . — — Map (db m77983) HM
On Elm Street near North Water Street, on the right when traveling east.
Memorial
"Mr. Steadfast's Flag Plaza"
Dedicated to the Whalers, Fishermen, Merchant Marines, Coastguardsmen, Keepers of the Light Houses and Light Ships who called New Bedford their homeport and made the ultimate sacrifice at sea in service to . . . — — Map (db m289244) HM
Near Rodney French Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
In 1840, the Army Board of Engineers met in Boston to plan a defense for the Atlantic Coast. New Bedford was considered important because of its fine harbor and industrial base. Major R. Delafield, (considered the "Father of American Seacoast . . . — — Map (db m198211) HM
On MacArthur Drive south of Elm Street, on the left when traveling south.
Text on Upper Front (East) Side of Memorial:
Lost Lightship Sailors Memorial
This Memorial created in Memory of
All Lightship Sailors lost in performance of duties
Inspired by Harold Flagg, LV 73 . . . — — Map (db m86786) HM
On Bay View Road 0.2 miles south of Neptune Street, on the right when traveling north.
Hospital Point Light was constructed and first lighted in 1872 to help guide vessels into Salem and Beverly Harbors. The original two-story keeper's house and oil house are still being used.
The name Hospital Point stems from a smallpox . . . — — Map (db m21429) HM
On Eastern Point Boulevard 0.6 miles south of Fort Hill Avenue when traveling south.
This bell was used as the fog signal at Eastern Point Light House from June 1933 to Dec 1969.
Cast in Chelsea, MA. gold dust was sprinkled in the mold in order to obtain the right tone. — — Map (db m115484) HM
On Western Avenue (Massachusetts Route 127) at Middle Street, on the right when traveling north on Western Avenue.
Before you stretches Ten Pound Island. In 1821 a lighthouse was built on the island to safely direct sailing ships into Gloucester Harbor. Some of America's greatest works of art were painted by Winslow Homer while staying at the keeper's house in . . . — — Map (db m36436) HM
Near Follett Street 0 miles north of Kimball Street, on the left.
[Top Marker]
In July of 1789, Representative Elbridge Gerry, native of Marblehead, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Vice President of the United States under President James Madison, filed H.R. Bill 12 in Congress, . . . — — Map (db m21453) HM
On Bearskin Neck east of Tuna Wharf Road, on the right when traveling east.
Straitsmouth Island was first sighted in 1614 by Captain John Smith. He also spotted nearby Thacher and Milk Islands and named all three the Turks' Heads.
Lighting the Way
Built in 1834, the island's first lighthouse was 19 feet . . . — — Map (db m115515) HM
On Derby Street at Orange Street, on the right when traveling east on Derby Street. Reported missing.
The wharf in front of you was Salem’s longest, and was once one of the busiest in the nation. During the War of Independence, American privateers sailed from here to prey on British ships on the high seas. After the war, fleets of trading vessels . . . — — Map (db m86544) HM
On New Liberty Street, on the right when traveling north.
This 90-mile roadway links 14 coastal communities from Lynn to Salisbury and features scenic views, period architecture, historic sites and recreational opportunities throughout.
1. Lynn
Lynn, the southernmost community on the Essex . . . — — Map (db m220845) HM
Near Derby Street 0.3 miles south of Orange Street. Reported missing.
If Salem was once a prosperous world seaport, it was not due to the geography of the harbor, but to the enterprise of her seamen, tradesmen, and merchants.
Unlike other major ports such as New York, Salem Harbor had no major river to link it . . . — — Map (db m86541) HM
If Salem was once a prosperous world seaport, it was not due to the geography of the harbor, but to the enterprise of her mariners, tradesmen, and merchants. Unlike other major ports such as New York, Salem Harbor had no major river to link it . . . — — Map (db m220595) HM
On Baxter Road north of Bayberry Sias Lane when traveling north.
If you were on this spot 23,000 years ago you'd be facing a sloping wall of ice--a massive glacier was 1000 miles away in Northern Canada. Two lobes of that Laurentide Ice Sheet, the Cape Cod Boy Lobe to the west and the South Channel Lobe to the . . . — — Map (db m179352) HM
On Baxter Road north of Bayberry Sias Lane when traveling north.
1789
President George Washington signs into law the creation of the U.S. Lighthouse Establishment under the first Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton.
1807
Congress establishes the U.S. Coastal Survey.
1842-1845 . . . — — Map (db m179350) HM
Dangerous shoals, left behind by glaciers, lie to the east of this spot. On the night of January 20th, 1892 the Rose and Crown Shoal became the final resting place of the H.P. Kirkham. Bound for New York, the freight-laden schooner from Nova . . . — — Map (db m177438) HM
This is a restoration of Historic Great Point Light destroyed by a raging storm on March 29, 1984. It was situated 800 feet east of this site. The rubblestone tower, lantern house, entry shelter and spiral staircase duplicate the form and . . . — — Map (db m3814) HM
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