Delaware Breakwater Range Rear (Green Hill)

Alternate Name(s):
Green Hill
Type:
Year Established:
1881
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Delaware Breakwater Rear Range DE.jpg
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Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
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US Lighthouse Society
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LOCATION

Latitude:
38° 47.23'
Longitude:
75° 10.10'
U.S. State:
Delaware
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Delaware Breakwater Range Rear (Green Hill)
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1918
Year Tower Established:
1881
Tower Construction Material:
Steel
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
104 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
100 feet
Tower Shape:
Pyramidal
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1881

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
3rd order Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1881
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

Historical Information

  • 1849: The lighthouse built on the west end of the breakwater was not its first, as a light had been exhibited starting around 1838 from the roof of the dwelling constructed on the breakwater to house the project’s superintendent.
  • 1880: Congress appropriated $20,000 for the erection of a tower near Lewes to serve as a rear range light to the existing lighthouse on the west end of Delaware Breakwater. The tower was known as the Green Hill light.
  • 1918: Green Hill tower discontinued.
Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018