Date of Service: 1853-1855 1805+/-: Sarah Levy is born in Maryland. 1853-1855: Sarah Levy is appointed Principal Keeper at Fishing Battery Lighthouse, MD., after her husband John Levy died. Her salary is $400/year. Sources: Chesapeake Chapter Keeper’s Database; familysearch.org; uslhs.org
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Date of Service: 1853 1871+/-: John Levy is born. 1853: John Levy is appointed the first Principal Keeper at Fishing Battery Lighthouse, MD. John Levy dies soon after being appointed. His salary was $400/year. His wife Sarah Levy was named Principal Keeper after his death. Sources: Chesapeake Chapter Keeper’s Database; familysearch.org; uslhs.org
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(Located on Fishing Battery Island, 2.5 miles below the entrance to the Susquehanna River, Havre de Grace, MD) 1853 Construction of 32-foot tall, integral one and a half story brick lighthouse/dwelling built by John Donahoo. This was his last of 13 lighthouses. Fitted with 5 lamps and reflectors. 1855 Fitted with 6th-order Fresnel lens. 1864 …
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Fishing Battery Light was constructed as an integral one-story brick house with a wooden rooftop lantern built by John Donahoo in 1853 and contained a sixth-order Fresnel lens. This was the last lighthouse constructed by Donahoo on the Chesapeake Bay and one of the last lighthouses ordered by the Pleasonton administration. The light is …
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