Somers Cove Light Explained

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.

History

Little is known about this minor light, other than that it was constructed in 1867 to at the cost of . 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.^[1]

References

• • Somers Cove Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
• Book: de Gast , Robert . The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake . registration . 1973 . Johns Hopkins University Press. 167. 9780801815485 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cortese . Doug . Somers Cove Light House Collapses in Storm . 27 October 2021 .