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The Baker Shoal Range Front Light was a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River at Port Penn.
![]() Original dwellings at the front range light. | |
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Location | Port Penn Delaware United States |
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Coordinates | 39.511769°N 75.566582°W |
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[1][2] |
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 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.
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