Cherry Island Range Rear Light

Cherry Island Range Rear Light
	Cherry Island Range Rear Light in 1963 (by USCG)
Location	Bellefonte; Delaware; United States
Coordinates	39°45′43″N 75°29′23″W / 39.762077°N 75.489736°WCoordinates: 39°45′43″N 75°29′23″W / 39.762077°N 75.489736°W
Tower
Constructed	1880 (first)
Foundation	concrete base (current)
Construction	metal skeletal tower (current); wooden tower (first)
Height	35 feet (11 m) (current)
Shape	square skeletal tower with light (current); square tower atop a 2-story keeper's house (first)
Operator	United States Coast Guard
Light
First lit	1970's (current)
Automated	1970's
Deactivated	1970's (first)
Focal height	120 feet (37 m) (current)
Lens	n/a
Characteristic	F R

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 . The present light is a skeletal tower supporting a red light.

Head keepers[]

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Delaware". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
^ Delaware Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 26 June 2016
^ "Cherry Island Range, DE". Lighthousefriends.com. 2001–2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.

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Tower
Cherry Island Range Rear Light in 1963 (by USCG)

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
Constructed	1880 (first) 1880
Foundation	concrete base (current)
Construction	metal skeletal tower (current) wooden tower (first)
Height	35 feet (11 m) (current)
Shape	square skeletal tower with light (current) square tower atop a 2-story keeper's house (first)
Operator	United States Coast Guard^[1]^[2]

Light
First lit	1970's (current)
Automated	1970's
Deactivated	1970's (first)
Focal height	120 feet (37 m) (current)
Lens	n/a
Characteristic	F R

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