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In 2001 the Coast Guard repaired the docking platform and ladders to improve safety of access to the building. In April 2002, the Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation, a non-profit, volunteer organization, signed a lease to manage the structure. The station's dock landing was restored in March 2003 and the first tour was held in June.
The lighthouse when keeper's dwelling and related structures were still in place. The Tinicum Island Rear Range Light is a lighthouse located in the Billingsport section of Paulsboro in Gloucester County, New Jersey, [2] the rear of a pair of range lights marking a section of the channel in the Delaware River south of Philadelphia.
This light, the last offshore lighthouse to be erected in Delaware Bay, marks one of a series of shoals along the eastern side of the shipping channel, between the Elbow of Cross Ledge Light and the Brandywine Shoal Light. The name of the shoal commemorates Nehemiah Maull, a river pilot who was drowned in 1780 when the ship in which he intended ...
Liston Range Rear Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River. The 120 feet (37 m) wrought iron tower was made by the Kellogg Bridge Company of Buffalo, New York . The light was built several miles to the east of its present location in 1876–1877, and was moved in 1906. [ 2 ]
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.
The U.S. Lighthouse Service was merged into the United States Coast Guard on 1 July 1939. [29] Lilac remained stationed in Delaware, her area now the responsibility of the 5th Coast Guard District. She was classified as an "auxiliary vessel, lighthouse tender" and given the pennant number WAGL-227. Beyond the pennant number on her bow, there ...
Cherry Island Range Rear Light is a lighthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River, just north of the Christina River, Delaware. It is 1,456 yards (1,331 m) behind Cherry Island Range Front Light. The present light is a skeletal tower supporting a red light.
Liston Range Front Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River. [2] It is a range light , paired with the Liston Range Rear Light , to create the Liston Range . History