Fourteen Foot Bank Light

Fourteen Foot Bank Light

Fourteen Foot Bank Light
Location	Delaware Bay, Delaware
Coordinates
Year first lit	1888
Automated	1972
Foundation	Cast Iron and Concrete Caisson
Construction	Cast Iron
Tower shape	Square
Height	40 ft
Original lens	Fourth order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	white flash every 9 s, red sector covers nearby shoal

Fourteen Foot Bank Light is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, in the Delaware Bay near Bowers Beach. Built in 1885-1886 at the south end of Joe Flogger Shoal, it was the first lighthouse to be built using a pneumatic caisson. The wooden caisson structure was excavated to a depth of 23 feet (7.0 m) below the seabed, then filled with 2000 cubic yards of concrete. A cast iron base was meanwhile erected on the caisson as it sank. A house-like structure was built on top of the base, designed by H.A. Ramsay and Son of Baltimore. Engineers for the structure were Anderson and Barr, and the contractor was D.P. Heap.^[1]

The light is eleven miles offshore, and therefore not visible from land.

References

^ Maynard, W. Barksdale (2008). "Kent County". Buildings of Delaware. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-8139-2702-2.

Lighthouses of Delaware

Baker Shoal Range Front Light • Baker Shoal Range Rear Light • Bellevue Range Rear Light • Cape Henlopen Light • Cherry Island Range Rear Light • Christiana North Jetty Light • Delaware Breakwater East End Light • Delaware Breakwater Range Front Light • Fenwick Island Light • Fourteen Foot Bank Light • Harbor of Refuge Light • Liston Range Front Light • Liston Range Rear Light • Mahon River Light • Marcus Hook Range Front Light • Marcus Hook Range Rear Light • Mispillion Light • New Castle Range Front Light • New Castle Range Rear Light • Reedy Island Range Rear Light

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