From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of all
lighthouses in the
U.S. state of
Delaware as identified by the
United States Coast Guard . The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1769
[1] and the last in 1925 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest active light is the
Fenwick Island Light .
[2]
If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard
Light List ,
[3] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the
United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.
[2]
References
^ Rowlett, Russ.
"Lighthouses of the United States: Delaware" . The Lighthouse Directory .
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .
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a
b
"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Delaware" . United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from
the original on 2017-05-01.
^
Light List, Volume II, Atlantic Coast, Shrewsbury River, New Jersey to Little River, South Carolina (PDF) . Light List.
United States Coast Guard . 2012.
^
a
b
"Baker Rear Range, DE" . LighthouseFriends.
^
a
b
c
"Bellevue Rear Range, DE" . LighthouseFriends.
^
"Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Bellevue Range Rear Light" . National Park Service.
^
a
b
List of Light-houses, Lighted Beacons, and Floating Lights of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts of the United States . Treasury Department. January 1, 1868. pp. 24–25. Retrieved 2014-01-23 .
^
a
b
c
"Delaware Breakwater Light" . LighthouseFriends. Retrieved September 16, 2017 .
^
a
b List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States . Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. June 30, 1900. p. 106.
^
a
b
"Cherry Island Range, DE" . LighthouseFriends.
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a
b
c
d
e
f
g
List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States . Government Printing Office. March 1, 1907. p. 124. Retrieved 2014-01-15 .
^
a
b
c Trapani, Bob (2007).
"Christiana River Light Station" . Delaware Lights: A History of Lighthouses in the First State . History Press. pp. 46–49.
ISBN
9781596290211 . Retrieved 2014-01-21 .
^
"Historic Light Station Information Photography Delaware" .
United States Coast Guard . Retrieved September 17, 2017 .
^
a
b
List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States . Government Printing Office. June 30, 1900. p. 94. Retrieved 2014-01-23 .
^
a
b
c
"Delaware Breakwater Rear Range (Green Hill) Light" . LighthouseFriends. Retrieved 2014-01-23 .
^
"Fenwick Island, DE" . LighthouseFriends.
^
"Liston rear Range, DE" . Lighthouse Friends.
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a
b
c
d
"Marcus Hook Rear Range Lighthouse" . Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved September 17, 2017 .
^
"Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Delaware Lighthouses: Reedy Island Range Rear Light" . National Park Service. Archived from
the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2013-12-20 .