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
Delaware
LocationWilmington
Delaware
United States
Coordinates39.720315°N 75.517895°W / 39.720315; -75.517895
Year first constructed1909 (first)
Year first lit2001 (current)
Automated1934
Deactivated2001 (first)
Foundationconcrete piles
Constructioncast iron skeletal tower
Tower shapetriangular pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and light (current)
square pyramidal skeletal tower with central cylinder (first)
Markings / patternblack tower (first)
Tower height93 feet (28 m) (current)
104 feet (32 m) (first)
Focal height93 feet (28 m) (current)
Original lensFourth order Fresnel lens
Current lensn/a
CharacteristicF G (current)
Admiralty numberJ1313.1
ARLHS numberUSA-050
USCG number2-3085
Managing agentUnited States Coast Guard[1][2]
Heritageplace listed on the National Register of Historic Places 
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)

See also

References
  1. Bellevue Range Rear The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 June 2016
  2. Delaware Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 25 June 2016
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. Karmen Bisher; Jennifer Perunko & Daniel Koski-Karell (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bellevue Range Rear Lighthouse". and Accompanying seven photos


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