Delaware Breakwater Lighthouse (HU1320) - Sussex County, DE - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

This lighthouse is located just W of Cape Henlopen and serves as an intersection station benchmark - meaning that the horizontal coordinats are very precise. The Breakwater Lighthouse is visible from the Cape May - Lewes Ferry, as are several others.

Information from the NGS benchmark datasheet is listed below:

1/1/1927 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1927 (GCM) A BROWN CONICAL TOWER LOCATED ON A WHITE PIER. LIGHT IS 61 FEET ABOVE THE WATER. STATION IS OCCUPIED.

1/1/1927 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1927 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

1/1/1943 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 (FLG) THIS IS THE SAME STATION AS DELAWARE BREAKWATER LIGHTHOUSE (EAST END LIGHTHOUSE) 1896, 1909, FOR THE GEODETIC POSITIONS AGREE WITHIN 0.4 METER AND THE LIGHT LIST, 1942, LISTS THE LIGHTHOUSE AS HAVING BEEN ESTABLISHED IN 1885. STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.

1/1/1945 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1945 (TBR) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. THIS STATION IS THE SAME AS DELAWARE BREAKWATER LIGHTHOUSE (EAST END LIGHTHOUSE. FRONT RANGE LIGHTHOUSE) 1896, AND 1909.

1/1/1975 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1975 (EAB) INTERSECTION STATION RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN 2.6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEWES.

1/1/1984 by NOS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE 1984 THE STATION IS LOCATED IN BREAKWATER HARBOR JUST W OF CAPE HENLOPEN NEAR THE DELAWARE BAY. TO REACH PROCEED BY BOAT. STATION IS THE CENTER OF A LIGHT ON A BROWN CONICAL TOWER LOCATED ON A WHITE PIER.

9/12/1995 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1995 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: - blank - Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Lighthouse County: Sussex County 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: HU1320 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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