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Location | Tangier Sound southwest of Janes Island (near Crisfield, Maryland) |
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Coordinates | 37°57′48″N 75°55′07″W / 37.9633°N 75.9185°W |
Tower | |
Foundation | screw-pile |
Construction | cast-iron/wood |
Height | 38 ft |
Shape | hexagonal house |
Light | |
First lit | 1867 (second light in 1879) |
Deactivated | 1935 |
Lens | fourth-order Fresnel lens |
The Janes Island Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located near Crisfield in the U.S. state of Maryland. Twice destroyed by ice, it was replaced in 1935 with an automated beacon.
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