Alternate Name(s):
Maurice River
Type:
Year Established:
1849
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1879
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2008
Photo Credit:
Jeff Gales
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
MAURICE RIVER/DELAWARE BAY
Latitude:
39° 11.42'
Longitude:
75° 01.41'
City / Town:
HEISLERVILLE
U.S. State:
New Jersey
Location County:
CUMBERLAND
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1941-1980
Year Tower Established:
1849
Tower Construction Material:
WHITEWASHED BRICK
Tower Foundation:
STONE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
48 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
39 feet
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL ON ROOF OF SQUARE HOUSE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1849
Keeper's Quarters Style:
COLONIAL (INTEGRAL)
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
Other Structures:
BRICK OIL HOUSE (1901)
OPTICS
Current Optic:
250 MM
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1856
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017