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 basement (current)
Construction	metal skeletal tower (current) wooden tower (first)
Tower shape	square parallelepiped skeletal tower with light (current) square parallelepiped tower atop a 2-storey 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

↑ Cherry Island Range Rear The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 26 June 2016
↑ Delaware Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 26 June 2016
↑ Lighthouse Friends

"Cherry Island Range, DE". Lighthousefriends.com. 2001–2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.

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