Temporary Light
Established: January 1, 1902
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Description:
White frame tower
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Height of Tower:
30-feet
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Original Optic:
A “five-day” lens lantern exhibiting a red
light
1st
Lighthouse Completed: November
20, 1908
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Description:
A white, hexagonal, three-story, frame structure, with lead colored trim and
a black lantern atop a brown, cylindrical, iron foundation.
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Height of Tower:
52-feet
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Original Optic:
Fourth Order Fresnel Lens (IOV) flashing white every 10 seconds
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Fog Signal:
First-class siren operated by compressed air
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Fate / Disposition:
A series of storms from 1918 through the early 1920s eventually rendered the
lighthouse inhabitable and it was subsequently dismantled by the United
States Lighthouse Service in 1925.
2nd
Lighthouse Completed: November
15, 1926
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Description:
A white, conical, metal tower topped by a black lantern. The superstructure
rests on a black, trumpet shaped, iron caisson built into the breakwater.
The pier is lined inside with reinforced concrete and the tower with brick.
The whole structure is supported upon a heavy block of concrete lying within
the breakwater.
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Height of Tower:
76-feet
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Focal Plane:
72-feet
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Original Optic:
Fourth Order (four-panel) Fresnel Lens (IOV) with a single flash every 10
seconds. The lens revolved on ball bearings and was driven by a clockwork
mechanism activated by weights within a hollow central iron column.
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Transition Optic:
DCB-36 Aero Beacon operated by commercial power
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Current Optic:
Vega VRB-25 operated by solar power and displaying a flashing white light
every 5 seconds that is visible for 19 miles
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Equipped with a Red Sector?
Yes...visible for 16 miles
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Emergency Optic:
250-mm lantern operated by solar power and visible up to 9 miles
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Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Unknown
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Original Fog Signal:
Unkown
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Current Fog Signal:
FA/232 operated by solar power and emitting 2 blasts every 30 seconds
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Automated:
December 1973
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Status of Lighthouse:
Active aid to navigation
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Date Deactivated:
N/A
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Site Manager:
Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation
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