Cherry Island Range Rear Light
Lighthouse
39°45′43″N 75°29′23″W / 39.762077°N 75.489736°W / 39.762077; -75.489736wooden tower (first)
square tower atop a 2-story keeper's house (first)
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.
Head keepers
- John A. Patterson 1880 – 1910
- Lawson Holland 1910 – 1915
- Charles E. Marshall 1919 – 1921
- Julian Bacon 1930 – 1933
- William H. Johnson 1938 – 1941 [3]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cherry Island Range Rear Light.
- Picture of the active Cherry Island Range Rear
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Lighthouses of Delaware
- Baker Shoal Range Front Light
- Baker Shoal Range Rear Light
- Bellevue Range Rear Light
- Cape Henlopen Beacon
- Cape Henlopen Light
- Cherry Island Range Rear Light
- Christiana Light
- Christiana North Jetty Light
- Delaware Breakwater East End Light
- Delaware Breakwater Range Front Light
- Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light
- Fenwick Island Light
- Fourteen Foot Bank Light
- Harbor of Refuge Light
- Liston Range Front Light
- Liston Range Rear Light
- Mahon River Light
- Marcus Hook Range Front Light
- Marcus Hook Range Rear Light
- Mispillion Light
- New Castle Range Front Light
- New Castle Range Rear Light
- Reedy Island Range Rear Light
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