Port Penn Range Rear

Year Established:
1877
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1879
Download:
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Photo Date:
1897
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Establishment
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Latitude:
39° 30,40'
Longitude:
75° 36.37'
U.S. State:
Delaware
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Port Penn Range Rear
  2. Port Penn Range Rear
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1905
Disposition:
Demolished
Year Tower Established:
1877
Tower Construction Material:
Steel
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
140 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
120 feet
Tower Shape:
Pyramidal
Tower Daymark:
Black
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1877

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
Range Lens
Year Original Lens Installed:
1877
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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