LISTON RANGE FRONT

Year Established:
1906
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1999
Photo Credit:
Mike and Carol McKinney
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
DELAWARE RIVER
Latitude:
39° 31'
Longitude:
75° 38'
City / Town:
TAYLORS BRIDGE
U.S. State:
Delaware
Location County:
NEW CASTLE
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. LISTON RANGE FRONT
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1877
Tower Construction Material:
WROUGHT IRON
Tower Foundation:
MASONRY
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
36 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
36 feet
Tower Shape:
PYRAMIDAL SKELETAL W/CYLINDER
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1907
Keeper's Quarters Style:
GREEK REVIVAL
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
FRAME
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE, GARAGE, BARN

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
SECOND ORDER RANGE, FRESNEL
Original Optic Type:
SECOND ORDER RANGE, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1906
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes

Comments:

The Front and Rear range lights are located 6760 yards apart or about 3.84 miles apart. Light was raised in height to 50 feet in 1909.


Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017