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Managing Organization:
Private owner.
Notes:
In a government auction the lighthouse was sold on September 4, 2007 for $200,000 to California lawyer Michael L. Gabriel.
The 4th order Fresnel lens is now on display at the Lewes Historical Society’s Cannonball House in Lewes, Delaware.
Tower Height: 40 Height of Focal Plane: 59 Description of Tower: White, square cast iron tower with integral keeper's quarters on cylindrical cast iron and concrete caisson.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Integral 2.5 story keeper's dwelling. Earlier Towers?
1876: Lightship. Date Established: 1876 Date Present Tower Built: 1888 Date Automated: 1972 Optics: 1888: Fourth order Fresnel lens, now modern solar powered optic. Fog Signal: Automated horn. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? No. Directions:
Accessible by boat only. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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