title: Great Shoals Light
text: # Great Shoals Light
  
  Great Shoals Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Wicomico River.
  
  ## History
  
  This light was constructed to mark a narrow channel at the entrance to the Wicomico River, as requested by the Maryland General Assembly in 1882. An appropriation was not made until the following year, and further delays pushed the commissioning date to August 1884.
  
  In 1966 the light was dismantled and a modern automated light was erected on the old foundation.
  
  