Year first lit 1868 Height 10 m Construction Brick | Deactivated 1924 First lit 1868 Material Brick | |
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Location Leading Point west of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on the south bank of the Patapsco River Tower shape house with lantern/daymark on roof Similar Hawkins Point Light, Somers Cove Light, Cobb Point Bar Light, Maryland Point Light, Love Point Light | ||
The Leading Point Light was an unusual lighthouse which displayed the rear light to the Brewerton Channel Range. It was eventually superseded by an iron tower on the same foundation.
History
This light was built in 1868, along with the Hawkins Point Light, to provide range lights marking the Brewerton Channel, excavated in the 1850s to provide a fixed deepwater channel into Baltimore Harbor. In form, it was like no other lighthouse in the area, a brick house with a short tower holding the lantern surmounted with a tall pole supporting a large ball, to be used as a daymark.
In 1924 both lights in this range were torn down and replaced with skeleton towers, which remain in use.
References
Leading Point Light Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA