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BRANDYWINE SHOAL LIGHT

State: NEW JERSEY
Location: DELAWARE BAY
Nearest City:
County:
U.S.C.G. District: 5
Year Station Established: 1823

U.S. Coast Guard photo, 1968

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1914
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1974
Foundation Materials: CAST IRON/CONCRETE CAISSON
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED TOP
Shape: CYLINDRICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 45
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: (SOLAR POWERED)
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 60
Fresnel Lens Disposition: LOANED TO TUCKERTON SEAPORT
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1828
Description: PILE STRUCTURE WHICH REPLACED LIGHTSHIP
Fate/Disposition: DEMOLISHED BY SEA AND REPLACED BY LIGHTSHIP
2. Construction Date: 1850
Description: SCREWPILE
Fate/Disposition: REPLACED BY CAISSON IN 1914

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1914
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL SPARK PLUG
Construction Materials: CAST IRON

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: DETERMINED ELIGIBLE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1984

Miscellaneous:
1850 TOWER BUILT AS FIRST SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE IN U.S.; 1901 "LIGHT LIST" PUTS LIGHT IN DELAWARE

Last Modified: Tue, Feb 4 2003 4:40:02 pm EDT
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