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| Location | Kedges Straits North of Smith Island |
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| Coordinates | 38°02′53″N 76°00′54″W / 38.04806°N 76.01502°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1875 (original screwpile) |
| Foundation | Pneumatic caisson |
| Construction | brick |
| Automated | 1950 |
| Height | 11.5 m (38 ft)  |
| Shape | square tower on cylindrical base |
| Markings | white tower on brown base |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1895 (current caisson) |
| Focal height | 47 feet (14 m) |
| Lens | fourth order Fresnel lens (original), 7.9 inches (200 mm) (current) |
| Range | White: 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) Red: 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 6s with two red sectors |
Solomons Lump Light is a lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, the abbreviated remains of a caisson light built in 1895. That structure replaced a screw-pile light built on the same spot in 1875, which in turn superseded the Fog Point Light.[1][2][3]
- ^ Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 200.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ (2010-02-28). "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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