Havre de Grace, Maryland

We met Kory at Havre de Grace which is the northern most tip of the Chesapeake Bay. We visited a Chesapeake Bay museum and the Concord Point lighthouse. The lighthouse overlooks the Susquehanna River where it flows into the Chesapeake Bay. It was constructed in 1827 when there was an increased traffic flow down the Susquehanna. The lighthouse is 36 feet tall constructed of Port Deposit granite. The walls are 31 inches thick at the base and 18 inches at the parapet. It is the second oldest tower lighthouse still standing on the Chesapeake Bay. The lantern was originally lit with 9 whale oil lamps with 16-inch tin reflectors. In 1854, a sixth-order Fresnel lens was installed. This was later upgraded to a fifth-order Fresnel lens. The lighthouse was automated in 1920.