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Turkey Point Light Station in Maryland's Cecil County stands atop a 100-foot-high bluff and includes an 1833 tapering conical stucco-covered brick tower and a 1913 cement oil house. The lighthouse is 31 1/2 feet high and is visible for 13 miles. The tower and keepers quarters were built in 1833 for $4,355. The site once also included a fog bell tower, boat landing, stable, wood shed, and smokehouse, but those have since been destroyed. The last keeper of Turkey Point was Fanny May Salter, who took over her husband's duties in 1925 with personally granted authorization from President Calvin Coolidge and served until her retirement in August 1947 at age 65. Turkey Point had more women lighthouse keepers than any other lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay. Elk Neck State Park, as part of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, maintains the land surrounding the lighthouse.
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