New Castle Range Front Old

Year Established:
1876
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1879
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:
  1. New Castle Range Front Old
  2. New Castle Range Front Old
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

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

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
Range Fresnel Lens
Year Original Lens Installed:
1876
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018