Category: Craighill Channel Upper Range Rear

Keeper Bio: Peterson, John

Keepers

Date of Service: 1879 – 1915 1846:  John Peterson is born in Germany. 1879-1881:   John Peterson is appointed First Assistant at Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, MD. His salary is $420/year. 1881-1886:  John Peterson is appointed Principal Keeper at Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, MD. His salary is $540/year. 1886-1892:  John Peterson is appointed the first Principal …

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Timeline: Craighill Channel Upper Range Rear Lighthouse

Craighill Channel Upper Range (Cut-Off Channel) Rear Lighthouse Timeline (Located on mainland – head of Old Road Bay. On Wharf Road at Sparrows Point Bethlehem Steel Plant -07/21/14) 1886 70-foot white square corrugated ironclad light supported by pyramidal iron framework built on brick foundation .Fitted with 4th-order locomotive light. Six-room wood and brick cottage-style keeper’s …

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Craighill Channel Upper Range Rear Lighthouse

In 1885, nearly ten years after the completion of the Craighill Channel Lower Range Lights, money was requested to construct another set of range lights to mark the new cut-off channel that connected the Craighill and Brewerton Channels. This cutoff also shortened the route by several miles. Construction of the upper and rear range lights …

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