Wade Point Light

Wade Point Light

Wade Point Light (USCG)
Location	Entrance to Pasquotank River, North Carolina
Year first lit	1855
Foundation	screw-pile
Construction	cast-iron/wood
Tower shape	square house
Height	39 ft
Original lens	fourth-order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	fixed 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.

References

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: North Carolina". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 
• Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2007. p. 297. 
• "U.S. Lightship Station Assignments". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2008-10-07.