Janna and Seb Laan Lomas calculate that their screw pile foundation system has 70% less embodied carbon than a traditional concrete slab. And at the end of the life cycle it can be used again. Nice.
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April 29, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Janna and Seb Laan Lomas calculate that their screw pile foundation system has 70% less embodied carbon than a traditional concrete slab. And at the end of the life cycle it can be used again. Nice.
www.houseplanninghelp.com/398
#SelfBuild #Passivhaus #ScrewPile #PassiveHouse
www.houseplanninghelp.com/398
#SelfBuild #Passivhaus #ScrewPile #PassiveHouse
End of an era - the Screwpile Regatta is not continuing- had quite a few good times racing this event in Solomons MD - hadnt been in a few years but was on my list to get back to screwpile.net/screwpile-to...
#sailing #regatta #solomons
#sailing #regatta #solomons
Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge » SCREWPILE to Retire after 32 Years
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February 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
End of an era - the Screwpile Regatta is not continuing- had quite a few good times racing this event in Solomons MD - hadnt been in a few years but was on my list to get back to screwpile.net/screwpile-to...
#sailing #regatta #solomons
#sailing #regatta #solomons
1st iron lighthouse in the USA was 1844 solid cast-iron cylinder on a masonry base on Long Island entrance to Boston Harbor. Brandywine Shoal Lighthouse was 1st structure outside UK to use Alexander Mitchell’s screw pile system, 1st used for the Maplin Sands iron-frame lighthouse in 1838. 3/4
January 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
1st iron lighthouse in the USA was 1844 solid cast-iron cylinder on a masonry base on Long Island entrance to Boston Harbor. Brandywine Shoal Lighthouse was 1st structure outside UK to use Alexander Mitchell’s screw pile system, 1st used for the Maplin Sands iron-frame lighthouse in 1838. 3/4
Might have to buy myself a little present.
Because you know who hasn’t forgotten the good ole screwpile? Yours truly.
Because you know who hasn’t forgotten the good ole screwpile? Yours truly.
July 9, 2023 at 4:45 PM
Might have to buy myself a little present.
Because you know who hasn’t forgotten the good ole screwpile? Yours truly.
Because you know who hasn’t forgotten the good ole screwpile? Yours truly.
Now Online - Virtual Tour - Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse
On Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Maryland, the light is a National Historic Landmark and the last screwpile cottage-style lighthouse in its original position in the US.
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On Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Maryland, the light is a National Historic Landmark and the last screwpile cottage-style lighthouse in its original position in the US.
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July 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Now Online - Virtual Tour - Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse
On Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Maryland, the light is a National Historic Landmark and the last screwpile cottage-style lighthouse in its original position in the US.
rbxteoabb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001...
On Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Maryland, the light is a National Historic Landmark and the last screwpile cottage-style lighthouse in its original position in the US.
rbxteoabb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001...
The lighthouse was a screwpile lighthouse at the confluence of the Nansemond and James Rivers in Virginia. Built in 1878, it was deactivated in 1935 and demolished in the 1980s.
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Nansemond River Light - Wikipedia
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February 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The lighthouse was a screwpile lighthouse at the confluence of the Nansemond and James Rivers in Virginia. Built in 1878, it was deactivated in 1935 and demolished in the 1980s.
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The 1875 Thomas Point Shoal #Lighthouse in #Maryland, the functioning screwpile lighthouse to remain in its original location in the #Chesapeake Bay, celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. 🎂🎉
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#maritimehistory #coastalhistory
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Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse Marks 150 Years Have You Toured It Yet??
Iconic Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Faces Urgent Challenge from Rising Sea Levels The Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, a historic beacon that has guided mariners through the Chesapeake Bay since 1875, i…
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February 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The 1875 Thomas Point Shoal #Lighthouse in #Maryland, the functioning screwpile lighthouse to remain in its original location in the #Chesapeake Bay, celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. 🎂🎉
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These are the type of lighthouses you would see around the Chesapeake Bay, they’re called “Screwpile Lighthouses” This one called the Hooper Strait Lighthouse, built in 1879, is one of the few surviving Screwpile lighthouses out there. This lighthouse is originally located from Bloodsworth Island.
June 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
These are the type of lighthouses you would see around the Chesapeake Bay, they’re called “Screwpile Lighthouses” This one called the Hooper Strait Lighthouse, built in 1879, is one of the few surviving Screwpile lighthouses out there. This lighthouse is originally located from Bloodsworth Island.
By contrast, Parker's second posting, the Killock Shoal Lighthouse, is no more. A cottage-style screwpile lighthouse built on the #Chesapeake Bay near #Chincoteague, Virginia, in 1886, it was demolished in 1939 and replaced with a metal tower.
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Killick Shoal Lighthouse
Photographs, history, travel instructions, and GPS coordinates for Killick Shoal Lighthouse.
www.lighthousefriends.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
By contrast, Parker's second posting, the Killock Shoal Lighthouse, is no more. A cottage-style screwpile lighthouse built on the #Chesapeake Bay near #Chincoteague, Virginia, in 1886, it was demolished in 1939 and replaced with a metal tower.
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The light was automated and destaffed in 1954, and shortly thereafter the US Coast Guard embarked on a campaign of burning or otherwise demolishing the bay's screwpile lighthouses and replacing them with purely functional skeleton towers.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The light was automated and destaffed in 1954, and shortly thereafter the US Coast Guard embarked on a campaign of burning or otherwise demolishing the bay's screwpile lighthouses and replacing them with purely functional skeleton towers.
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The Hooper Strait Lighthouse avoided this fate in 1966 when the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in the town of St. Michaels acquired it and shipped it to its current location at the museum, where it stands to this day. It is one of only a very few of the bay's screwpile lighthouses remaining.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Hooper Strait Lighthouse avoided this fate in 1966 when the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in the town of St. Michaels acquired it and shipped it to its current location at the museum, where it stands to this day. It is one of only a very few of the bay's screwpile lighthouses remaining.
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Built in 1879, this was one of the many screwpile lighthouses erected in the 1800s to guide ships through the twists and turns of the Chesapeake Bay and the waterways that feed in to it. It is a hexagonal cottage-style lighthouse prefabricated in Baltimore and shipped to Hooper Strait.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Built in 1879, this was one of the many screwpile lighthouses erected in the 1800s to guide ships through the twists and turns of the Chesapeake Bay and the waterways that feed in to it. It is a hexagonal cottage-style lighthouse prefabricated in Baltimore and shipped to Hooper Strait.
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The lighthouse appears to be the Maplin Sands Lighthouse, which was built on the #Thames estuary in 1838. The first lighthouse to be built using the screwpile technique, it was abandoned in 1830 and later collapsed.
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Maplin Sands - Wikipedia
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January 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The lighthouse appears to be the Maplin Sands Lighthouse, which was built on the #Thames estuary in 1838. The first lighthouse to be built using the screwpile technique, it was abandoned in 1830 and later collapsed.
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A maritime parade of #Lighthouse Tender rowboats known as “peapods," all handcrafted from Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC), has taken place in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Thomas Point Lighthouse in the #ChesapeakeBay, #Maryland. 🥂🎂🎉
Thomas Point Light Celebrates 150th Birthday with Flotilla of Classic Lighthouse Tenders | Chesapeake Bay Magazine
This summer marks a milestone on the Chesapeake Bay: the 150th anniversary of the iconic Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, the last surviving screwpile lighthouse still in its original location in the…
www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A maritime parade of #Lighthouse Tender rowboats known as “peapods," all handcrafted from Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC), has taken place in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Thomas Point Lighthouse in the #ChesapeakeBay, #Maryland. 🥂🎂🎉
Built in 1886, the light was housed in a small wooden frame house atop a screwpile foundation. It was dismantled in 1939 and replaced by a metal tower.
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Killick Shoal Lighthouse
Photographs, history, travel instructions, and GPS coordinates for Killick Shoal Lighthouse.
www.lighthousefriends.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Built in 1886, the light was housed in a small wooden frame house atop a screwpile foundation. It was dismantled in 1939 and replaced by a metal tower.
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A visit to the 1879 Hooper Strait #Lighthouse, now at the Chesapeake #Bay Maritime Museum -- as well as a meditation on #WhiteSupremacy in the US, the #ClimateCrisis, and the intersection between the two.
#MaritimeHistory #museumsky
#MaritimeHistory #museumsky
A Loud, Obnoxious Exploit: Hooper Strait Lighthouse, the Self-Emancipation of Slaves Along the Atlantic Seaboard, and the Endless Lore of the Oyster
Hooper Strait Lighthouse, a screwpile lighthouse built to replace one of the many lightships and stations destroyed by Confederate guerillas during the Civil War, once sat in Hooper Strait on the east...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A visit to the 1879 Hooper Strait #Lighthouse, now at the Chesapeake #Bay Maritime Museum -- as well as a meditation on #WhiteSupremacy in the US, the #ClimateCrisis, and the intersection between the two.
#MaritimeHistory #museumsky
#MaritimeHistory #museumsky
The Maplin Lighthouse was built in 1838 in the Maplin Sands, part of the #Thames estuary in #Essex, #England. It was the 1st screwpile lighthouse ever to be designed, and the 2nd to be built. It collapsed in 1932.
📸 via Wikimedia Commons
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📸 via Wikimedia Commons
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April 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The Maplin Lighthouse was built in 1838 in the Maplin Sands, part of the #Thames estuary in #Essex, #England. It was the 1st screwpile lighthouse ever to be designed, and the 2nd to be built. It collapsed in 1932.
📸 via Wikimedia Commons
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📸 via Wikimedia Commons
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The lighthouse is one of only three Chesapeake Bay screwpile lighthouses to survive to this day; none of the three is active. It is a permanent exhibit at the museum, and guided tours are available -- see 👇
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Drum Point Lighthouse | Calvert Marine Museum, MD - Official WebsiteArrow LeftArrow RightSlideshow Left ArrowSlideshow Right Arrow
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March 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The lighthouse is one of only three Chesapeake Bay screwpile lighthouses to survive to this day; none of the three is active. It is a permanent exhibit at the museum, and guided tours are available -- see 👇
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Chesapeake Bay Magazine has a fine feature on the 150-year old Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse in Maryland, the last on-station cottage screwpile lighthouse on the Bay. It is endangered as rising sea level bring the water close to support beams. www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/on-150th-bir...
On 150th Birthday, Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse Caretakers Fight for its Future | Chesapeake Bay Magazine
It’s midnight on the Chesapeake Bay. From the shallow water off Thomas Point Shoal, a beam of light swings around the humid darkness. White, red, then white again— it whirls with sturdy regularity…
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August 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Chesapeake Bay Magazine has a fine feature on the 150-year old Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse in Maryland, the last on-station cottage screwpile lighthouse on the Bay. It is endangered as rising sea level bring the water close to support beams. www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/on-150th-bir...
While screwpile lighthouses are a traditional feature of the Chesapeake Bay, this one was in fact in Boston Harbor.
July 9, 2023 at 6:15 PM
While screwpile lighthouses are a traditional feature of the Chesapeake Bay, this one was in fact in Boston Harbor.
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By: Jessica Jennings on Thursday, March 27, 2025
By: Jessica Jennings on Thursday, March 27, 2025
Calvert Marine Museum Marks 50th Anniversary Of Drum Point Lighthouse Relocation
SOLOMONS, Md. — The Calvert Marine Museum is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Drum Point Lighthouse’s relocation to its current home. Originally built in 1883 at the mouth of the Patuxent River, the screwpile lighthouse guided mariners for nearly 80 years until its decommissioning in 1962. Following its decommissioning, the lighthouse fell into disrepair […]
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March 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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By: Jessica Jennings on Thursday, March 27, 2025
By: Jessica Jennings on Thursday, March 27, 2025
Healthcare Social Media Spotlight: @Mayo Clinic http://www.screwpilecommunications.com/screwpile-marketing-blog/bid/308234/Healthcare-Social-Media-Spotlight-Mayo-Clinic via @screwpilecomm @hcsm
December 3, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Healthcare Social Media Spotlight: @Mayo Clinic http://www.screwpilecommunications.com/screwpile-marketing-blog/bid/308234/Healthcare-Social-Media-Spotlight-Mayo-Clinic via @screwpilecomm @hcsm
Nah! Screwpile lighthouse is a CLASSIC
June 28, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Nah! Screwpile lighthouse is a CLASSIC