Mahon River Light

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
Location	Port Mahon, Delaware
Coordinates
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
Port Mahon Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Little Creek, Delaware
Coordinates
Built	1902-1903
NRHP Reference #	79000624
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.

File:PORT MAHON LIGHTHOUSE, KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE.jpg

The pilings are all that remain of the lighthouse

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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

External links

• 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