Mahon River Light

Mahon River Light
Location	Port Mahon, Delaware
Coordinates	39°11′06″N 75°24′04″W / 39.185°N 75.401°W
Tower
Constructed	1903
Construction	Steel skeletal tower
Height	37 feet (11 m)
Shape	Skeletal tower
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1955
Deactivated	1955
Focal height	37 feet (11 m)
Lens	Fresnel lens
Range	7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Characteristic	white flash every 4 s
	Port Mahon Lighthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Little Creek, Delaware
Coordinates	39°11′5″N 75°24′4″W / 39.18472°N 75.40111°W
Built	1902-1903
NRHP reference No.	79000624
Added to NRHP	October 25, 1979

Mahon River Lighthouse is a U.S. lighthouse in Port Mahon, Delaware, on the west side of the mouth of the Delaware River.^[2]

History[]

The original Mahon River Lighthouse built in 1903 and was a 2-story wood keeper's house with an octagonal lantern centered on the roof. It was discontinued in 1955, the same year as the current steel skeletal tower was lit. The 1903 lighthouse burned accidentally in 1984. The clubhouse of the Jonathan's Landing Golf Course in Magnolia was built as a replica of the original lighthouse. The current tower is an active aid to navigation and not open to the public.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

The pilings are all that remain of the lighthouse

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Delaware". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^ Bernard L. Herman (April 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Port Mahon Lighthouse". National Park Service. and accompanying ninephotos

External links[]

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-214, "Port Mahon Lighthouse, Delaware Bay at mouth of Mahon River, on State Route 89, Little Creek vicinity, Kent County, DE", 10 photos, 4 measured drawings, 14 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Delaware". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

[nrhpdoc-3] Bernard L. Herman (April 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Port Mahon Lighthouse". National Park Service. and accompanying ninephotos

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