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Lighthouse Inspection Reports Database
Piney Point Light Station - 1909, Revised
Premises page 1 of 2
Purchase
12/24/1835
2 acres, 2 rods, & 10.5 perches
13,416 sq. ft.
sandy
75 yards
fence
wood foot wharf
sandy; 1/4 mile
boat or county road from Washington, DC
1 mile to county road; 1/4 mile to boat landing.
4 miles Piney PT. P.O. MD.
18 miles
by steamboat
wagon, 1/4 mile
tower
one
1836
August, 1909
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