Cobb Point Bar Light

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Cobb Point Bar Light
Cobb Point Bar Light 1912.PNG
1912 photograph of Cobb Point Bar Light (USCG)
Cobb Point Bar Light
Locationoff Cobb Island in the Potomac River at the mouth of the Wicomico River
Coordinates 38°14′33″N76°49′36″W / 38.2424°N 76.8266°W / 38.2424; -76.8266 Coordinates: 38°14′33″N76°49′36″W / 38.2424°N 76.8266°W / 38.2424; -76.8266
Tower
Constructed1889  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Foundation screw-pile
Construction cast-iron/wood
Shapehexagonal house
Light
First lit1889
Deactivated1940
Focal height18.5 m (61 ft)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Lensfourth-order Fresnel lens
Characteristic Light Signal FI G 4s.gif Fl G 4s  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Cobb Point Bar Light (also called Cobb Island Bar Light) was a screw-pile lighthouse located in the Potomac River.

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History

A light at Cobb Point was first requested in 1875 to mark the entrance to the tricky channel leading into the Wicomico River (not to be confused with the river of the same name on the Eastern Shore). After two additional requests, funds were finally appropriated in 1887. Construction was delayed, however, and the light was not commissioned until Christmas 1889.

A fire in 1939 caused by light keeper Matthew Wicke, resulted in heavy damage, and in the following year the house was torn down, replaced by a beacon set on the same foundation.

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