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Lighthouse Inspection Reports Database

Piney Point Light Station - 1909

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Purchase

12/24/1835

2 acres, 2 rods, & 10.5 perches

13,416 sq. ft.

sandy

75 yards

none

sandy; 1/4 mile

Boat or county road from Washington, DC

1 mile to county road; 1/4 mile to boat landing.

2 miles.

18 miles

by steamboat

wagon, 1/4 mile

tower

one

1836

August, 1909

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