Type:
Year Established:
1904
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
Reedy Island Rear Range DE 1998 REE.jpg (2.97 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1998
Photo Credit:
Ralph Eshelman
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
DELAWARE RIVER MOUTH
Latitude:
39° 30.1'
Longitude:
75° 34.2'
City / Town:
TAYLORS BRIDGE
U.S. State:
Delaware
Location County:
NEW CASTLE
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1904
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON
Tower Foundation:
9 CONCRETE PIERS
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
134
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
102
Tower Shape:
SKELETAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1906
Keeper's Quarters Style:
COLONIAL REVIVAL
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
BARN, BRICK OIL SHED (damaged in 2002 fire), FARM SHED.
OPTICS
Current Optic:
DCB 224
Original Optic Type:
Forth ORDER RANGE
Year Original Lens Installed:
1910
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017