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Deepwater Point Range Front Light

Lighthouse · Delaware

Deepwater Point Range Front Light is a lighthouse in Delaware. Delaware has 29 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

Its light sits 41 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Iso W 2s (a white light, equally on and off, repeating every 2 seconds); it guards Delaware Bay.

Current sources show this lighthouse no longer stands. Status check, 2026-11: The 1876 range light was a wooden house with a lantern, actually on the New Jersey shore. It was shut down in 1952 when the Delaware Memorial Bridge opened and torn down in 1956. Today's Deepwater Point Range lights are newer skeleton towers in the river, in Delaware waters. It stands at 39.6867° N, 75.5094° W.

Key facts

Focal height41 ft
Light characteristicIso W 2s
Body of waterDelaware Bay
Coordinates39.68667, -75.50944

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