Type:
Year Established:
1876
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1879
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1933
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Delaware River
Latitude:
39° 38.35'
Longitude:
75° 36.01'
City / Town:
NEW CASTLE
U.S. State:
Delaware
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
N/A
Disposition:
Tower Demolished and Replaced with Modern Steel Skeletal Tower in 1964, Keepers Survives
Year Tower Established:
1876
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
20 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
15 feet
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1876
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK/FRAME
Other Structures:
BRICK OIL HOUSE, WOODEN BARN, OUTHOUSE, BRICK WALKWAY
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
Range Fresnel Lens
Year Original Lens Installed:
1876
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018