Baker Shoal Range Front Light

Baker Shoal Range Front Light
Delaware
Location Port Penn
Delaware
United States
Coordinates 39°30′42″N 75°34′00″W / 39.511769°N 75.566582°W / 39.511769; -75.566582Coordinates: 39°30′42″N 75°34′00″W / 39.511769°N 75.566582°W / 39.511769; -75.566582
Year first constructed 1902 (first)
1904 (second)
1924 (third)
Year first lit 2002 (current)
Automated 1924
Deactivated 1924 (first)
Foundation platform on wooden piles
Construction metal skeletal tower
Tower shape square pyramidal skeletal tower with gallery (current)
Focal height 35 feet (11 m)
15 feet (4.6 m) (passing light)
Current lens LED
Characteristic F G (along range line)
Fl W 4s. (passing light)
Admiralty number J1298
ARLHS number USA-1146
USCG number 2-2505
Managing agent United States Coast Guard[1][2]

The Baker Shoal Range Front Light was a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River at Port Penn.

History

The Baker Range Front Light was discontinued in 1924 and a new steel tower was built. The original lighthouse was removed or destroyed and the new tower is an active aid to navigation.

There was a Baker Shoal Range Rear Light that originally served as the Port Penn-Reedy Island Range Light. It became the Baker Shoal Rear Range Light in 1904 when the old range was discontinued due to the C&D channel moving.

See also


References

  1. Baker Range Front The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 June 2016
  2. Baker Range Front Light Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 24 June 2016

External links

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