List of lighthouses in Delaware
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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Delaware as identified by the United States Coast Guard. The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1769[1] and the last in 1925 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest active light is the Fenwick Island Light.[2]
If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List,[3] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.[2]
Name | Image | Location | Coordinates | Year first lit | Automated | Year deactivated | Current Lens | Focal Height |
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Baker Shoal Range Front Light | Port Penn | 39°32′27″N 75°34′00″W / 39.5409°N 75.5666°W / 39.5409; -75.5666 (Baker Shoal Range Front Light) | 1902 (First) 2002 (Current) | 1924[4] | Active (Original demolished) | LED | 035 35 ft (11 m) | |
Baker Shoal Range Rear Light | Port Penn | 39°30′43″N 75°34′12″W / 39.5120°N 75.5699°W / 39.5120; -75.5699 (Baker Shoal Range Rear Light) | 1904 | 1924[4] | Active | Unknown | 110 110 ft (34 m) | |
Bellevue Range Rear Light | Wilmington | 39°43′13″N 75°31′04″W / 39.7203°N 75.5179°W / 39.7203; -75.5179 (Bellevue Range Rear Light)[5] | 1909 (First) 2001 (Current) | 1934[5] | Active (skeleton tower) | Unknown | 100 100 ft (30 m)[6] | |
Cape Henlopen Beacon | Lewes (Cape Henlopen) | 38°47′25″N 75°04′50″W / 38.7903°N 75.0806°W / 38.7903; -75.0806 (Cape Henlopen Beacon)[7] | 1825[8] (First) 1864[8] (Last) | Never | 1884[8] (Demolished) | None | 045 45 ft (14 m)[7] | |
Cape Henlopen Light | Lewes (Cape Henlopen) | 38°46′41″N 75°05′02″W / 38.778°N 75.084°W / 38.778; -75.084 (Cape Henlopen Light)[9] | 1769 | Never | 1924 (Destroyed in 1926) | None | 126 126 ft (38 m)[9] | |
Cherry Island Range Rear Light | Bellefonte | 39°45′43″N 75°29′24″W / 39.762°N 75.490°W / 39.762; -75.490 (Cherry Island Range Rear Light)[10] | 1880 (First) 1970s (Current) | 1933 | Active (Original demolished) | Unknown | 120 120 ft (37 m)[10] | |
Christiana Light | None known | Christina River (Entrance) | 39°43′19″N 75°31′12″W / 39.722°N 75.520°W / 39.722; -75.520 (Christiana Light)[11] | 1835[12] | Never | 1909[12] (Demolished in 1939[12]) | None | 044 44 ft (13 m)[11] |
Christiana North Jetty Light | Christina River (Entrance) | 39°43′05″N 75°30′58″W / 39.718°N 75.516°W / 39.718; -75.516 (Christiana North Jetty Light)[11] | 1884[5] | Never | Unknown (Destroyed[13]) | None | 037 37 ft (11 m)[11] | |
Delaware Breakwater East End Light | Lewes | 38°47′50″N 75°06′01″W / 38.7972°N 75.1003°W / 38.7972; -75.1003 (Delaware Breakwater East End Light) | 1885 | 1950 | 1996 | Unknown | 060 60 ft (18 m) | |
Delaware Breakwater Range Front Light (Delaware Breakwater West End Light) | Lewes | 38°47′57″N 75°06′29″W / 38.7992°N 75.1081°W / 38.7992; -75.1081 (Delaware Breakwater Range Front Light)[14] | 1838 | Never | 1903 (Demolished in 1950) | None | 045 45 ft (14 m)[14] | |
Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light | Lewes | 38°47′23″N 75°10′10″W / 38.7897°N 75.1694°W / 38.7897; -75.1694 (Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light)[11] | 1881[15] | Never | 1918[15] (Re-erected in Florida[15]) | None | 103 103 ft (31 m)[11] | |
Fenwick Island Light | Fenwick Island | 38°27′05″N 75°03′18″W / 38.4514°N 75.0550°W / 38.4514; -75.0550 (Fenwick Island Light)[16] | 1859 | 1978 | Active (Inactive: 1978-1982) | Third-order Fresnel | 083 83 ft (25 m) | |
Fourteen Foot Bank Light | Delaware Bay | 39°02′54″N 75°10′56″W / 39.0482°N 75.1822°W / 39.0482; -75.1822 (Fourteen Foot Bank Light) | 1887 | 1973 | Active | Unknown | 059 59 ft (18 m) | |
Harbor of Refuge Light | Lewes | 38°48′52″N 75°05′33″W / 38.8145°N 75.0924°W / 38.8145; -75.0924 (Harbor of Refuge Light) | 1908 (First) 1926 (Current) | 1973 | Active | VRB-25 | 072 72 ft (22 m) | |
Liston Range Front Light | Port Penn | 39°28′57″N 75°35′30″W / 39.4825°N 75.5917°W / 39.4825; -75.5917 (Liston Range Front Light) | 1906 | 1948? | 1954 (Now a private house) | None | 045 45 ft (14 m) | |
Liston Range Rear Light | Biddles Corner | 39°31′26″N 75°38′23″W / 39.5238°N 75.6397°W / 39.5238; -75.6397 (Liston Range Rear Light) | 1906 | 1930s[17] | Active | Unknown | 176 176 ft (54 m) | |
Mahon River Light | Port Mahon | 39°11′06″N 75°24′03″W / 39.1850°N 75.4008°W / 39.1850; -75.4008 (Mahon River Light) | 1831 (First) 1903 (Last) | Never | 1955 (Destroyed in 1984) | None | 037 37 ft (11 m) | |
Marcus Hook Range Front Light | Bellefonte | 39°46′34″N 75°28′31″W / 39.7760°N 75.4754°W / 39.7760; -75.4754 (Marcus Hook Range Front Light) | 1915[18] (First) 1918[18] (Current) | Always | Active | Unknown | 081 81 ft (25 m) | |
Marcus Hook Range Rear Light | Bellefonte | 39°45′44″N 75°30′12″W / 39.7622°N 75.5032°W / 39.7622; -75.5032 (Marcus Hook Range Rear Light) | 1919[18] | 1950s | Active | DCB-24[18] | 278 278 ft (85 m) | |
Mispillion Light | Lewes | 38°56′51″N 75°18′56″W / 38.9475°N 75.3156°W / 38.9475; -75.3156 (Mispillion Light) | 1831 (First) 1873 (Last) | 1911 | 1929 (Burned in 2002, rebuilt as a replica) | Decorative | 046 46 ft (14 m)[11] | |
New Castle Range Front Light | New Castle | 39°38′33″N 75°35′43″W / 39.6424°N 75.5954°W / 39.6424; -75.5954 (New Castle Range Front Light) | 1876 (First) 1964 (Current) | 1930s | Active (skeleton tower) | Unknown | 056 56 ft (17 m) | |
New Castle Range Rear Light | New Castle | 39°38′54″N 75°35′56″W / 39.6482°N 75.5990°W / 39.6482; -75.5990 (New Castle Range Rear Light) | 1876 (First) 1953 (Current) | 1953 | Active (skeleton tower) | Unknown | 100 100 ft (30 m) | |
Reedy Island Range Rear Light | Taylors Bridge | 39°24′23″N 75°35′25″W / 39.4065°N 75.5902°W / 39.4065; -75.5902 (Reedy Island Range Rear Light) | 1910[19] | Unknown | Active | DCB-224 | 134 134 ft (41 m) |
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Delaware". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ a b "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Delaware". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012.
- ^ a b "Baker Rear Range, DE". LighthouseFriends.
- ^ a b c "Bellevue Rear Range, DE". LighthouseFriends.
- ^ "Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Bellevue Range Rear Light". National Park Service.
- ^ a b List of Light-houses, Lighted Beacons, and Floating Lights of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts of the United States. Treasury Department. January 1, 1868. pp. 24–25. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ^ a b c "Delaware Breakwater Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
- ^ a b List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. June 30, 1900. p. 106.
- ^ a b "Cherry Island Range, DE". LighthouseFriends.
- ^ a b c d e f g List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Government Printing Office. March 1, 1907. p. 124. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
- ^ a b c Trapani, Bob (2007). "Christiana River Light Station". Delaware Lights: A History of Lighthouses in the First State. History Press. pp. 46–49. ISBN 9781596290211. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information Photography Delaware". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
- ^ a b List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Government Printing Office. June 30, 1900. p. 94. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ^ a b c "Delaware Breakwater Rear Range (Green Hill) Light". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ^ "Fenwick Island, DE". LighthouseFriends.
- ^ "Liston rear Range, DE". Lighthouse Friends.
- ^ a b c d "Marcus Hook Rear Range Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
- ^ "Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Delaware Lighthouses: Reedy Island Range Rear Light". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
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