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	Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse was built in 1856 and is the oldest (additional info and facts about screwpile lighthouse) screwpile lighthouse in (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) Maryland.
		The parts were then shipped to Seven Foot Knoll by boat where they were assembled atop of the (additional info and facts about screw piles) screw piles.
		In 1989, the lighthouse was removed from Seven Foot Knoll, carried by barge, and placed ashore in (The largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center) Baltimore's historic (additional info and facts about Inner Harbor) Inner Harbor where it was donated to the city.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/Se/Seven_Foot_Knoll_Lighthouse.htm (519 words)

	Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse
		The Lighthouse was built in 1855 and was the second screwpile lighthouse to be built on the Chesapeake Bay.
		Screwpile lighthouses were a popular design in the latter half of the 1800s and a total of about 40 were constructed on the bay.
		The lighthouse was removed from its location at the mouth of the Patapsco River and carried by barge to its present location on Pier 5 of Baltimore’s inner harbor.
	www.rickslighthouses.com /seven_foot_knoll.htm (549 words)

	2005 Bay Game: Lighthouses on the Chesapeake Bay - Seven Foot Knoll Light
		It is the oldest surviving screw-pile lighthouse built as an aid to navigation on the Chesapeake Bay.
		After the lighthouse fell victim to its age and the elements, the Coast Guard generously donated the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse to Baltimore City.
		"Seven Foot Knoll is particularly famous for the actions of one of its keepers – Thomas Steinheise.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /baygame/sevenfootknoll.asp (490 words)

	USCGC Taney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Welcome to the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, the oldest surviving screw-pile lighthouse built as an aid to navigation on the Chesapeake Bay.
		The lighthouse was built in 1856 at the mouth of the Patapsco River, where it marked the shoal known as Seven Foot Knoll for 133 years.
		The lighthouse was automated in 1949 and the Coast Guard maintained the light, but unfortunately the structure fell victim to its age and the elements.
	www.baltomaritimemuseum.org /lh/sevenfootknoll.html (413 words)

	Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse by Harbour Lights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		By the early 1970's the lighthouse was considered unnecessary and it was deactivated.
		In 1987 the City of Baltimore obtained title to the lighthouse and in October, 1988, the sentinel was moved to Pier 7 of Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
		Seven Foot Knoll MD *Available for purchase by Harbour Lights Collectors Society members during the period between May 1, 1999 and April 30, 2000.
	www.harbourlights.com /catalog/1999/hl_sevenfoot.htm (182 words)

	Chesapeake Chapter, US Lighthouse Society - Our Lighthouse Heritage - Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse
		Seven Foot Knoll Light was the second screwpile light to be built on the Chesapeake and the first to be built in Maryland.
		In October 1987 ownership of the lighthouse was transferred to the city of Baltimore.
		It is the oldest surviving screwpile lighthouse and the only one of its design and is maintained by the Living Classrooms Foundation as a museum and learning center for Baltimore schools.
	www.cheslights.org /heritage/seven-foot.htm (367 words)

	Keystone AFS
		The Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, the oldest surviving screw pile lighthouse in the United States was built as an aid to navigation on the Chesapeake Bay.
		The lighthouse was built in 1856 at the mouth of the Patapsco River outside of Baltimore Maryland, where it stood for 133 years.
		This new type of lighthouse was dependent upon the development of iron columns for the legs and cast-iron for the screw-like flanges.
	www.keystoneafs.org /history/history-May2001.htm (586 words)

	Travel and Music w/Avatars
		Welcome to the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, the oldest surviving screw pile lighthouse built as an aid to navigation on the Chesapeake Bay.
		Screw pile lighthouses were suspended above the water by a system of cast-iron pilings with cork-screw-like bases which could be screwed into the soft mud of the sea floor.
		The Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, which was the second screw pile built on the Chesapeake Bay, was constructed with nine cast-iron screw piles supporting a gallery deck some nine feet above mean high water.
	www.fairwood-mt.us /LH02.html (458 words)

	Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse by Harbour Lights
		Seven Foot Knoll went into service in 1855 and was the second screw pile lighthouse to be constructed on Chesapeake Bay.
		Seven Foot Knoll experienced its share of damage, and at one point, wooden piles were built around the structure to fend against the ice.
		In 1988, the lighthouse was donated to the City of Baltimore.
	www.harbourlights.com /catalog/2005/seven_foot_knoll_md_glow.htm (356 words)

	Lightship Chesapeake (LV-116) - August 2003
		In addition to giving out lighthouse contacts for the Lightship Chesapeake (USA-167), we were also close enough to give out contacts for the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse (USA-750) located just a few piers over from us.
		The Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, built in 1856, was located at the entrance to the Baltimore Harbor for 133 years.
		The Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse is the oldest of the "screwpile" lighthouses in Maryland.
	www.qsl.net /wb3gck/ches2003.htm (552 words)

	Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		No longer warning of shoal waters along the Patapsco River and the Baltimore ship channel, this screwpile lighthouse was the second to be built on the Chesapeake.
		Now resting securely (moved in 1987) on land, this lighthouse is one of several Baltimore inner Harbor exhibits devoted to marine history.
		It is open to the public, and provided a good view f the design and construction of these type of lighthouses.
	www.zonianlady.com /sevenfootknoll/sevenfootknoll.html (93 words)

	Category:Lighthouses in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Articles about lighthouses in the United States of America.
		For a manually maintained list, complete with yet-to-be-written articles, see Lighthouses in the United States.
		Articles in category "Lighthouses in the United States"
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Lighthouses_in_the_United_States (78 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse offers the unique opportunity to explore a screw pile lighthouse and to learn about Baltimore's maritime history.
		Built in 1856, the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse is the oldest remaining example of a screw pile lighthouse.
		You can either purchase admission or show previously purchased tickets then proceed into a fairly small room with exhibits on Maryland lighthouses including scale models of most of the lighthouses that graced her shores as well as a bit of history about this lighthouse in particular and the screw pile design including blueprints.
	www.epinions.com /content_108777279108 (771 words)

	Lightship Chesapeake & Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse - General Site Info - Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
		The lighthouse marked the entrance to Baltimore's harbor for 133 years before being moved to the Inner Harbor and restored.
		The museum is open seven days a week 10:00-5:00 except between January and February when it is only open Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
		Tickets can also be purchased at the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse and aboard the USCGC Taney.
	www.baygateways.net /general.cfm?id=59 (276 words)

	Encyclopedia: Baltimore Maritime Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire.
		The USCGC Taney is a United States Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter, notable as the last ship floating that fought in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
		Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland The Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse was built in 1856 and is the oldest screwpile lighthouse in Maryland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Baltimore-Maritime-Museum (332 words)

	The Challenge is Now Yours! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Lighthouses were used as a bright marker to identify a dangerous area where ships could run into danger such as rocks, shallow bottom areas or strong currents.
		Over the years lighthouses have become more of a portal to the past and our ancestry ties to the water.
		So, in conjunction with technological advances, many lighthouses have become less integral to navigation but they haven’t decreased in mystique.
	www.southernmd.info /magg/publish/article_337.shtml (552 words)

	The Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse located in Baltimore at the Inner Harbor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse located in Baltimore at the Inner Harbor
		Built in 1855, this cast iron, screw pile lighthouse was relocated from Patapsco River in the Chesapeake Bay to the Baltimore Inner Harbor after 135 years of service.
		It is the oldest screw pile lighthouse in Maryland.
	www.perlman.net /lighthouse_trips/Sevenfootknoll.htm (148 words)

	BMM Event Pricing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		For more than 140 years, the 1854 Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse marked a dangerous shoal at the mouth of the Patapsco River.
		It stood as a landmark for fishing vessels and ships entering the harbor, and provided a welcoming beacon for thousands of immigrants coming to start a new life.
		Now located at the end of Pier 5, this beautiful red lighthouse houses a comfortable and historically engaging space for your event.
	www.baltomaritimemuseum.org /event.html (335 words)

	Jerry & Elizabeth's 1999 Lighthouse Trip
		The lighthouse is in the process of being moved.
		The Chesapeake Chapter of the US Lighthouse Society at the Havre de Grace, Concord Point Lighthouse, the afternoon we were visiting it.
		The Lightship Chesapeake, Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse and the Baltimore Inner Harbor were the next stops on our tour.
	www.perlman.net /99tripthestory.htm (626 words)

	Larry's Lights Seven Foot Knoll, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Now dwarfed by condominiums and a 37 story Marriott hotel, Seven Foot Knoll is the oldest surviving Chesapeake Bay screw pile light and is now an attraction of the Baltimore Maritime Museum, on Pier 5 at Baltimore's famed Inner Harbor.
		It was built to accommodate a third order Fresnel lens, but was fitted with a fourth order lens that could be seen for twelve miles.
		In October of 1988, it was cut from its pilings, loaded into a sling, hanging from a derrick, and barged seven miles up the Patapsco River, to Pier 5.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /larrylights/Maryland/sevenfootknoll.htm (257 words)

	Encyclopedia: Benjamin Henry Latrobe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		He was born in England at the Moravian community at Fulneck in Yorkshire and, at the age of 7, sent away to the Moravian School at Niesky in Silesia on the borders of Saxony and Poland.
		After a continental Grand Tour he returned to England in 1784 and entered apprenticeship to John Smeaton the engineer (of Eddystone Lighthouse fame), and later, the eminent architect C.R. Cockerell.
		In the early 1790s he entered private practice and Hammerwood Park (link below) near East Grinstead in Sussex was his first independent work in 1792.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Benjamin-Henry-Latrobe (311 words)

	Encyclopedia: Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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	Baltimore Maritime Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Baltimore Maritime Museum is a maritime museum located in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore in the United States.
		The museum's collection includes three historic museum ships and one lighthouse:
		This page was last modified 15:51, 20 June 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baltimore_Maritime_Museum (64 words)

	Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse
		Information and pictures of Seven Foot Knoll lighthouse.
		One of the few surviving screw-pile lighthouses left on Chesapeake's Bay.
		In 1988 light was cut from pilings and carried to its current location.
	www.nightbeacon.com /zlighthouses/marylandlights/individuallights/Seven_Foot_Knoll_Lighthouse.htm (112 words)

	Whats New Fall 05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The lighthouse is the oldest surviving screw-pile light house on the
		The circa-1856 lighthouse stood at the mouth of the
		Today the restored lighthouse is preserved as an historic landmark.
	www.mdisfun.org /Press_Room/WhatsNewInMaryland.asp (1358 words)

	Lighthouses at Lighthouse Depot ... Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Seven Foot Knoll Light
		This is the oldest surviving screwpile lighthouse from the Chesapeake Bay.
		The Baltimore Maritime Museum, including the lighthouse, is open in winter Friday through Sunday, 10:30 a.m.
		The Baltimore Maritime Museum, including the lighthouse and three historic ships, is located along Baltimore's waterfront, close to downtown.
	www.lhdigest.com /database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=813 (213 words)

	Directions to Chesapeake Lightship/Seven Foot Knoll Light (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Proceed on Pratt and park in one of the commercial parking lots or metered street parking in vicinity of the Baltimore Aquarium.
		Lighthouse is located at end of Pier 5.
		Park in vicinity of Baltimore Aquarium in one of the commercial parking lots or metered street parking.
	www.cheslights.org /challenge/ches-dir.htm (167 words)

	Chesapeake Chapter, US Lighthouse Society - Keeper of the Quarter
		Under her leadership, the Chesapeake Chapter’s volunteer preservation program has become well known throughout the Chesapeake Bay lighthouse community and the Chapter’s volunteers are in high demand by lighthouses in the region.
		The Volunteer Preservation Program is one of the proud jewels of the Chesapeake Chapter, and this is in large part due to Anne’s leadership, dedication, and thoroughness.
		For this work and for her signifcant contributions to the preservation and maintenance of lighthouses throughout the Chesapeake Bay, we honor her as Keeper of the Quarter.
	www.cheslights.org /keeper.htm (226 words)

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