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The Craighill Channel Upper Range Rear Light is one of a pair of range lights that marks the second section of the shipping channel into Baltimore harbor. This light was constructed in 1885 as part of a range light pair to mark the then newly excavated Craighill Cutoff Channel. A modest iron skeleton tower was erected, pyramidal in form with a wooden, corrugated iron-sheathed square shaft at its center to house the lamp and the access stairway. Its only architectural ornaments were a few windows to light the stairwell and a gallery to allow the outside of the light's window to be cleaned. A keeper's house was built nearby, connected to the light by a brick walk. The original light was a locomotive headlight displaying a fixed white light; this has since been replaced with a more conventional fixture displaying a red light. The grounds were (and are) surrounded by private property, and in 1888 there was a dispute over access to the light. Other than that the light has passed a quiet life, punctuated only by automation in 1929 and the demolition of the keeper's house. It is still an active aid to navigation. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Craighill Range Lighthouses, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society Craighill Channel Upper Rear Lighthouse at lighthousefriends.org Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Project - Craighill Channel Range Lights Cut-off Channel Range Rear Light Station, Baltimore County, at Maryland Historical Trust
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Cut-off Channel Range Rear Light Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 2002.
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