Mahon River Light
File:Port Mahon Lighthouse, Delaware Bay at mouth of Mahon River, on State Rou, Little Creek vicinity (Kent County, Delaware).jpg
Port Mahon Lighthouse
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Location | Port Mahon, Delaware |
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Year first constructed | 1903 |
Deactivated | 1955 |
Construction | Steel skeletal tower |
Tower shape | Skeletal tower |
Height | 37 feet (11 m) |
Focal height | 37 feet (11 m) |
Original lens | Fresnel lens |
Characteristic | white flash every 4 s |
Admiralty number | J1289 |
ARLHS number | USA-464 |
USCG number | 2-2415[1] |
Port Mahon Lighthouse
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Nearest city | Little Creek, Delaware |
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Built | 1902-1903 |
NRHP Reference # | 79000624[2] |
Added to NRHP | October 25, 1979 |
Mahon River Lighthouse is a U.S. lighthouse in Port Mahon, Delaware, on the west side of the mouth of the Delaware River.
History
The original Mahon River Lighthouse built in 1903 and was a 2-story wood keeper's house with an octagonal lantern centered on the roof. It was discontinued in 1955, the same year as the current steel skeletal tower was lit. The 1903 lighthouse burned accidentally in 1984. The clubhouse of the Jonathan's Landing Golf Course in Magnolia was built as a replica of the original lighthouse. The current tower is an active aid to navigation and not open to the public.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[2]
References
- ↑ Lighthouses Directory
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and accompanying ninephotos
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Port Mahon Lighthouse. |
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-214, "Port Mahon Lighthouse, Delaware Bay at mouth of Mahon River, on State Route 89, Little Creek vicinity, Kent County, DE", 10 photos, 4 measured drawings, 14 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- Photograph - Cloudy Sunrise at Port Mahon Lighthouse
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