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Name: Baker Range Rear Light   

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Nearest Town or City:
Port Penn, Delaware, United States

Location: Delaware River, south of the C & D Canal.

Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard

Notes:
This tower originally served as the Port Penn-Reedy Island (Old) Range Rear Light in Port Penn. It served there from 1896 until 1904 when the opening of a new channel caused the old range to be discontinued.

Tower Height: 57

Height of Focal Plane: 110

Characteristic and Range: Fixed green.

Description of Tower: Triangular pyramidal skeletal iron tower, no lantern.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
1902-1906: temporary light

Date Established: 1902

Date Present Tower Built: 1896

Tower Moved?
1904-1906

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? No.

Keepers: Willard H. Hall (1904-1906), Harry F. Hann (1906-?)