Cherry Island Range Rear 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.

Cherry Island Range Rear Light
Cherry Island Range Rear Light in 1963 (by USCG)
Delaware
LocationBellefonte
Delaware
United States
Coordinates39.762077°N 75.489736°W / 39.762077; -75.489736
Year first constructed1880 (first)
Year first lit1970's (current)
Automated1970's
Deactivated1970's (first)
Foundationconcrete base (current)
Constructionmetal skeletal tower (current)
wooden tower (first)
Tower shapesquare skeletal tower with light (current)
square tower atop a 2-story keeper's house (first)
Tower height35 feet (11 m) (current)
Focal height120 feet (37 m) (current)
Original lensn/a
CharacteristicF R
Admiralty numberJ1309
ARLHS numberUSA-165
USCG number2-2980
Managing agentUnited States Coast Guard[1][2]

Head keepers

  • 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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