Hooper Strait Lighthouse
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- Uploaded on May 29, 2007
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- Camera: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO.,LTD C3030Z
- Taken on 2002/02/16 21:26:00
- Exposure: 0.003s (1/400)
- Focal Length: 19.10mm
- F/Stop: f/8.000
- ISO Speed: ISO100
- Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
- No flash
Comments (2)
CaptainChad, on November 15, 2010, said:
Are you sure that is the Hooper's Straight Light?... Check Your Location. You are NORTH of Hooper's Island and the Hooper's Straight.
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tweety3d, on November 17, 2010, said:
The Hooper Strait Lighthouse, now standing on Navy Point at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum St. Michaels, MD, was originally built in 1879 to light the way for boats passing through the shallow, dangerous shoals of Hooper Strait, a thoroughfare for boats bound from the Chesapeake Bay across Tangier Sound to Deals Island or places along the Nanticoke and Wicomico Rivers. As a "screwpile" lighthouse, it is built on special iron pilings which were tipped with a screw that could be turned into the muddy bottom for a depth of 10 feet or more. The Museum's lighthouse is the second lighthouse constructed at Hooper Strait – the first one was destroyed by ice in 1877.
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