Wade Point Light
LocationEntrance to Pasquotank River, North Carolina
Coordinates36.1561°N 75.9778°W
Yearlit1855
Foundationscrew-pile
Constructioncast-iron/wood
Shapesquare house
Height39 feet (12 m)
Lensfourth-order Fresnel lens
Characteristicfixed white

The Wade Point Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in North Carolina.

History

Lightship "M" was stationed at the mouth of the Pasquotank River off Albemarle Sound beginning in 1826. In 1855 it was replaced by a square screw-pile structure . This structure was eventually removed and replaced with the Pasquotank River Entrance Light, an automated tower about two miles NNE of the previous light.

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