Mahon River Light

Mahon River Light

Port Mahon Lighthouse
Location	Port Mahon, Delaware
Year first constructed	1903
Deactivated	1955
Construction	Steel skeletal tower
Tower shape	Skeletal tower
Original lens	Fresnel lens
Characteristic	white flash every 4 s
ARLHS number	USA-464
Port Mahon Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nearest city:	Little Creek, Delaware
Built:	1902
Governing body:	AIR FORCE
NRHP Reference#:	79000624^[1]
Added to NRHP:	October 25, 1979

Mahon River Lighthouse is a U.S. lighthouse in Port Mahon, Delaware, on the west side of the mouth of the Delaware River.

History

The original Mahon River Lighthouse built in 1903 and was a 2-story wood keeper's house with an octagonal lantern centered on the roof. It was discontinued in 1955, the same year as the current steel skeletal tower was lit. The 1903 lighthouse burned accidentally in 1984. The clubhouse of the Jonathan's Landing Golf Course in Magnolia was built as a replica of the original lighthouse. The current tower is an active aid to navigation and not open to the public.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.

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