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Lighthouse in Maryland, United States
Lighthouse
The
Bodkin Island Light
(or Bodkin Point Light) was a
lighthouse
on the
Chesapeake Bay
, United States, the first erected in
Maryland
.
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The lighthouse was constructed as an aid to shipping entering
Baltimore
; it was built on
Bodkin Island
(not to be confused with an island of the same name located south of
Kent Island
), and was the first lighthouse in Maryland. The station was built by Thomas Evans and William Coppeck, who completed the 35-foot (11 m) stone tower and attached one-story
keeper
's dwelling in October 1821. Thirteen lamps were purchased from
Winslow Lewis
, and the station was formally inaugurated in January 1822.
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The lighthouse was plagued by problems stemming from its poor construction during much of its brief existence, and it was replaced in 1856 by the
Seven Foot Knoll Light
in the
Patapsco River
. A
fisherman
is said to have lived in the dwelling for a time, but eventually the island was completely abandoned; the old tower collapsed in 1914. Today, Bodkin Island has disappeared, eaten away by
erosion
. What remains of the site is marked as a "navigational hazard" on sea charts.
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