Sunday, October 31, 2010

Piney Point Lighthouse


Piney Point Lighthouse

Located on the Maryland shore of the Potomac River, it is the oldest lighthouse on the river.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Haig Point


Haig Point.

Located on Dafuskie Island this lighthouse is owned by the Haig Point Community and is not open to the public.

Point Lookout


Point Lookout

Located at the mouth of the Potomac River on the Chesapeake Bay. Constructed in 1830 as a one-and-a-half story wooden and masonry building. It was rebuilt as a two-story structure in 1883 with the light at 40 feet. It was the location of a Civil War prison camp which imprisoned as many as 52,264 Confederate soldiers. Considered to be the most haunted lighthouse in Maryland.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Potomac Spillway


Potomac Spillway

Just downstream from the locks a Great Falls Tavern, this is the small waterfall created by the spillway that diverts water around the locks

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Hillsboro Inlet


Hillsboro Inlet

This lighthouse is located near where my sister lived in Florida

Old Point Comfort



Old Point Comfort

This lighthouse is located outside the moat or Fort Monroe near Hampton Roads, VA. I took this picture after a rare snow storm while I was a Langley AFB on business.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Hunting Island


Hunting Island

The Hunting Island Lighthouse protects the Southern approach to St Helena Sound on the South Carolina coastline. Hunting Island is halfway between Savannah and Charleston. We last visited there in the early 90s