Type:
Year Established:
1880
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
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° 50'
Longitude:
75° 14'
City / Town:
PAULSBORO
U.S. State:
New Jersey
Location County:
GLOUCESTER
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1880
Tower Construction Material:
IRON
Tower Foundation:
STONE MASONRY
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
112 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
80 feet
Tower Shape:
SKELETAL W/CENTRAL CYLINDER
Tower Daymark:
Black
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1880
Keeper's Quarters Style:
FARM HOUSE
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD ON FIELDSTONE
Other Structures:
REMOVED CA. 1940, ORIGINALLY OIL HOUSE, PRIVY, CHICKEN HOUSE
OPTICS
Current Optic:
DCB-24
Original Optic Type:
5th order Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1880
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017