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Baker Shoal Range Front Light

Original dwellings at the front range light.
Location	Port Penn Delaware United States
Coordinates	39°30′42″N 75°34′00″W / 39.511769°N 75.566582°W / 39.511769; -75.566582
Tower
Constructed	1902 (first) 1904 (second) 1924 (third)
Foundation	platform on wooden piles
Construction	metal skeletal tower
Automated	1924
Shape	square pyramidal skeletal tower with gallery (current)
Power source	solar power
Operator	United States Coast Guard
Light
First lit	2002 (current)
Deactivated	1924 (first)
Focal height	35 feet (11 m) 15 feet (4.6 m) (passing light)
Lens	LED
Characteristic	F G (along range line) Fl W 4s. (passing light)

The Baker Shoal Range Front Light was a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River at Port Penn.

History

The Baker Range Front Light was discontinued in 1924 and a new steel tower was built. The original lighthouse was removed or destroyed and the new tower is an active aid to navigation.

There was a Baker Shoal Range Rear Light that originally served as the Port Penn-Reedy Island Range Light. It became the Baker Shoal Rear Range Light in 1904 when the old range was discontinued due to the C&D channel moving.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Delaware
• List of lighthouses in the United States

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Delaware". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
2. Baker Range Front Light Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 24 June 2016

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Delaware". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Delaware". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

External links

• Picture of the current Baker Shoal Range Front Light

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