Cherry Island Range Rear Light

Cherry Island Range Rear Light
Cherry Island Range Rear Light in 1963 (by USCG)
Delaware
Location Bellefonte
Delaware
United States
Coordinates 39°45′43″N 75°29′23″W / 39.762077°N 75.489736°W / 39.762077; -75.489736Coordinates: 39°45′43″N 75°29′23″W / 39.762077°N 75.489736°W / 39.762077; -75.489736
Year first constructed 1880 (first)
Year first lit 1970's (current)
Automated 1970's
Deactivated 1970's (first)
Foundation concrete base (current)
Construction metal skeletal tower (current)
wooden tower (first)
Tower shape square skeletal tower with light (current)
square tower atop a 2-story keeper's house (first)
Height 35 feet (11 m) (current)
Focal height 120 feet (37 m) (current)
Original lens n/a
Characteristic F R
Admiralty number J1309
ARLHS number USA-165
USCG number 2-2980
Managing agent United States Coast Guard[1][2]

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 [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cherry Island Range Rear The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 26 June 2016
  2. ↑ Delaware Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 26 June 2016
  3. ↑ "Cherry Island Range, DE". Lighthousefriends.com. 2001–2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.



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