Brandywine Shoals Lighthouse - Cape May County, NJ - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This NGS benchmark is visible from the Cape May - Lewes Ferry, although it is about 8 miles distant. Information from NGS datasheet is as follows:

STATION DESCRIPTION


DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1914 (JBB)
A NEW CIRCULAR LIGHTHOUSE BUILT OF RE-INFORCED CONCRETE 86.44 FEET FROM THE OLD LIGHT OF 1877-96 AND NEARLY IN LINE TO FOURTEEN FOOT BANK LIGHTHOUSE. THE FINIAL OF THE TOP OF THE LANTERN IS THE POINT OBSERVED. THE OLD LIGHT IS TO REMAIN IN ITS POSITION.

STATION RECOVERY (1914)

RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1914
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

STATION RECOVERY (1928)

RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1928 (RLS)
DESCRIPTION ADEQUATE. RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.

STATION RECOVERY (1969)

RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1969 (JKW)
STATION RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

STATION RECOVERY (1970)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970 (JKW)
STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.

STATION RECOVERY (1984)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE 1984
THE STATION IS A LIGHTHOUSE LOCATED IN DELAWARE BAY ABOUT 13.7 KM (8.50 MI) WNW OF CAPE MAY POINT. THE BASE OF THE LIGHTOUSE IS SURROUNDED BY A BREAKWATER OF LARGE ROCKS, WITH A SMALL DOCKING AREA ON THE S SIDE.
TO REACH STATION PROCEED BY BOAT.
STATION IS THE FINIAL ATOP A CIRCULAR, REINFORCED CONCRETE LIGHTHOUSE
STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1914 ON BRANDYWINE SHOAL. PERSONNEL FROM COAST GUARD CAPE MAY, THE COAST GUARD DISTRICT OFFICE, AND LOCAL MARINERS CONFIRM THAT THE PRESENT STRUCTURE IS THE ONE POSITIONED IN 1933. THE
LIGHT IS LISTED IN THE 1984 LIGHT LIST AS ---BRANDYWINE SHOAL LIGHT---.
A PREVIOUS LIGHT, WHICH WAS LOCATED ON A SCREW PIPE STRUTURE 26.3 M
(86.3 FT) WNW OF THE PRESENT LIGHT, HAS BEEN DESTROYED. THE POSITION
OF THE DESTROYED STATION IS LISTED AS ---BRANDYWINE SHOAL
LIGHTHOUSE--- IN THE NGS DATA BANK.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: BRANDYWINE SHOALS LIGHTHOUSE Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Lighthouse County: Cape May USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Cape Henlopen - DE Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: HU1313 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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