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Cherry Island Range Rear Light

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Year first lit
  
1970's (current)

Deactivated
  
1970's (first)

Height
  
11 m

Material
  
Wood

Automated
  
1970's

Focal height
  
37 m

Opened
  
1880

Year first constructed
  
1880

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Location
  
BellefonteDelawareUnited States

Foundation
  
concrete basement (current)

Construction
  
metal skeletal tower (current)wooden tower (first)

Similar
  
New Castle Range Front Light, New Castle Range Rear Light, Bellevue Range Rear Light, Marcus Hook Range R, Mahon River Light

Cherry Island Range Rear Light is a lighthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River, just north of the Christina River, Delaware. It is 1,456 yards (1,331 m) behind Cherry Island Range Front Light. The present light is a skeletal tower supporting a red light.

Keepers

Head
  • John A. Patterson 1880 – 1910
  • Lawson Holland 1910 – 1915
  • Charles E. Marshall 1919 – 1921
  • Julian Bacon 1930 – 1933
  • William H. Johnson 1938 – 1941
  • References

    Cherry Island Range Rear Light Wikipedia


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