Fourteen Foot Bank Light

Coordinates: 39°02′54″N 75°11′01″W / 39.0482°N 75.1836°W / 39.0482; -75.1836
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Fourteen Foot Bank Light
Automated1972
Height40 feet (12 m)
ShapeSquare
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1888
Focal height59 feet (18 m)
LensFourth order Fresnel lens
Range13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi) (white), 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) (red) Edit this on Wikidata
Characteristicwhite flash every 9 s, red sector covers nearby shoal
Fourteen Foot Bank Light
NRHP reference No.89000286[1][2]
Added to NRHPMarch 27, 1989

Fourteen Foot Bank Light is a

Baltimore. Engineers for the structure were Anderson and Barr, and the contractor was D.P. Heap.[3]

The light is 11 miles (18 km) offshore, and therefore not visible from land. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[2]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b NRHP Registration form
  3. ISBN 978-0-8139-2702-2
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