The Somers Cove Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located near Crisfield, Maryland. Dismantled early, its remains are a landmark to watermen in the area.

Somers Cove Light

1915 photograph of Somers Cove Light, Maryland (USCG)
Location	at the mouth of the Little Annemessex River, SW of Crisfield, Maryland
Coordinates	37°57′59″N 75°52′39″W
Tower
Constructed	1867
Foundation	screw-pile
Construction	cast-iron/wood
Shape	square house
Light
First lit	1867
Deactivated	1932
Lens	sixth order Fresnel lens
1932 lighthouse
First lit	1932
Deactivated	2005

History

Little is known about this minor light, other than that it was constructed in 1867 to at the cost of $10,000 (equivalent to $194,000 in 2021).[1] Unlike many other screw-pile lighthouses it was apparently never threatened by ice, and thus passed a quiet life until it was dismantled in 1932, replaced by a skeleton tower. The ferry to Tangier Island passes its remains.

On October 26, 2021, the remains of the light collapsed during a storm.[2]

References

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
• Somers Cove Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
• de Gast, Robert (1973). The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 167.

External links

• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.