Bellevue Range Rear Light

Bellevue Range Rear Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the mouth of the Christina River on the Delaware River, Wilmington, Delaware

Bellevue Range Rear Light
Bellevue Range Rear Light
LocationWilmington
Delaware
United States
Coordinates39.720315°N 75.517895°W / 39.720315; -75.517895
Tower
Constructed1909 (first)
Foundationconcrete piles
Constructioncast iron skeletal tower
Automated1934
Height93 feet (28 m) (current)
104 feet (32 m) (first)
Shapetriangular pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and light (current)
square pyramidal skeletal tower with central cylinder (first)
Markingsblack tower (first)
OperatorUnited States Coast Guard[1][2]
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit2001 (current)
Deactivated2001 (first)
Focal height93 feet (28 m) (current)
LensFourth order Fresnel lens
CharacteristicF G (current)
Bellevue Range Rear Light Station
Arealess than one acre
Built byU.S. Lighthouse Board
MPSLight Stations of the United States MPS
NRHP reference No.06000313[3]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 2006

History

The Bellevue Range Rear Lighthouse is a pyramidal skeletal light tower built in 1909 on the grounds of a landfill. It was operated by resident keepers from 1909 until 1934 when it was automated. The Bellevue Range Rear light was deactivated in 2001 when the landfill grew too high to see the light, and a modern tower was built to replace it. The modern tower is an active aid to navigation. The Bellevue Range Rear Light is not open to the public.[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[3]

Head keepers

  • William E. Spicer (1909 – 1911)
  • Linwood Spicer (1911 – at least 1917)
  • William H. Johnson (1919 – 1938)

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