Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse
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chstress53
N 39° 50.733 W 075° 14.951
18S E 478681 N 4410644
Tinicum Rear Range light, built in 1880, is the rear range of a rare triangulated range. It is located in Paulsboro, NJ. Even thourh it is historic it is still an active range light on the Delaware River. Has fixed red 1000-watt lamp. Automated in 1967.
Waymark Code: WM28B
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 10/06/2005
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The only remaing light of the three triangulated lights. It is also the northern most light on the Delaware River and is still a current aid to navigation. It was automated in 1967. It's shape is skeletal and is 86 feet tall. The original optic was a Parabolic Reflector. Originally there was a farmhouse and surroundng farmland to go along with the lighthouse. Now only the light remains and the surrounding land is a sports complex. Open Saturday and Sunday on the third full weekend of each month, April through October.
For comments or questions, contact the Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse Society At Paulsboro, Inc.tinicumlight@yahoo.com
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