Mahon River Light

Mahon River Light
Port Mahon Lighthouse

Location	Port Mahon, Delaware
Coordinates	39°11′04.8″N 75°24′01.9″W / 39.184667°N 75.400528°W / 39.184667; -75.400528
Year first constructed	1903
Deactivated	1955
Construction	Steel skeletal tower
Tower shape	Skeletal tower
Height	37 feet (11 m)
Focal height	37 feet (11 m)
Original lens	Fresnel lens
Characteristic	white flash every 4 s
Admiralty number	J1289
ARLHS number	USA-464
USCG number	2-2415^[1]
Port Mahon Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nearest city	Little Creek, Delaware
Coordinates	39°11′5″N 75°24′4″W / 39.18472°N 75.40111°W / 39.18472; -75.40111Coordinates: 39°11′5″N 75°24′4″W / 39.18472°N 75.40111°W / 39.18472; -75.40111
Built	1902-1903
NRHP Reference #	79000624^[2]
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.

The pilings are all that remain of the lighthouse

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.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[2]

References

↑ Lighthouses Directory
1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Bernard L. Herman (April 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Port Mahon Lighthouse" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying ninephotos

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Port Mahon Lighthouse.

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-214, "Port Mahon Lighthouse, Delaware Bay at mouth of Mahon River, on State Route 89, Little Creek vicinity, Kent County, DE", 10 photos, 4 measured drawings, 14 data pages, 1 photo caption page
Photograph - Cloudy Sunrise at Port Mahon Lighthouse

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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Delaware

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Lists by county	Kent New Castle (Northern) New Castle (Southern) Sussex

Lists by city	Wilmington (New Castle County)

Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Portal:National Register of Historic Places

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