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HARBOR
OF REFUGE (SOUTH) BREAKWATER LIGHT State: DELAWARE Location: LEWES HARBOR / DELAWARE BAY ENTRANCE Nearest City: LEWES County: SUSSEX U.S.C.G. District: 5 Year Station Established: 1896 |
NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1996 |
Existing
Historic Tower:
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO DELAWARE RIVER AND BAY LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION, INC. Open to the Public? NO Web Site: LINK National Register Status: PART OF LISTING; Reference #89000289 Name of Listing: NATIONAL HARBOR OF REFUGE & DELAWARE BREAKWATER HARBOR HISTORIC DISTRICT On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed: Miscellaneous: 1896 TOWER BADLY DAMAGED IN 1920 STORM, REBUILT 1926; TOOK OVER DUTIES OF CAPE HENLOPEN LIGHT; NORTH LIGHT, BUILT IN 1913, IS BROWN CYLINDER W/BLACK LANTERN ON CONCRETE BASE |