Sandy point

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Kathryn Passing Sandy Point Lighthouse</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#993300" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Penquin at Solomons Island"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id153.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Amy Mister at Whitehaven"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Water Color Prints Matted for 14 x 18 or"><U><B><IMG SRC="00d0d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Water Color Prints Matted for 14 x 18 or"><U><B>Return to water color and oil page</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <div> <B>Sandy Point is located on the North side of the West end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.  Sandy Point is a State Recreational  Par</B><B>k and draws over 2 million visitors each year.  It is the location for many festivals and celebrations including the Maryland Seafood Festival In September each year.  For 32 years it was the site of the Annual Chesapeake Appreciation Days celebration and skipjack races held each fall at the beginning of the oyst</B><B>er season.</B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The first lighthouse was established at Sandy Point in 1858 but its location and distance from the channel proved unsatisfactory.  The current Sandy Point lighthouse was built in 1883.  The three story brick and wood frame structure was built on a concrete caisson base located one and one half miles north of the Bay Bridge.  It is 51 feet tall and was built in 13 feet of water.  It was fully automated in 1963 and remains in operation today.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The 50 foot skipjack Kathryn, shown here at the Chesapeake Appreciation Days celebration in 1974, was built in 1901 at Crisfield, Maryland.  She was one of the last 15 or so skipjacks still dredging oysters into the 21</B><B>st</B><B> Century.</B><B>  The Chesapeake Appreciation Days celebration were last held in October of 1996.</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>