Cape Henlopen (Delaware)
Historical Light List Characteristics
1839 | F W. | USLHE Light List (US): 134 |
1849 | F W. W27. | USLHE Light List (US): 145 |
1858 | F W. W20. | LHB Light List (US): 192 |
1860 | LHB Light List (US): 176 | |
1865-1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 180 | |
1868 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 182 | |
1870 | F W. W18. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 193 |
1878 | F W. W17. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 238 |
1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 240 | |
1886 | F WR. W171/4, R171/4. Red sector covering 45° arc. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 266 |
1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 276 | |
1893 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 367 | |
1898 | F WR. W17, R17. Red sector between SE. 1/8 E. and S. 1/8 E. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 445 |
1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 457 | |
1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 494 | |
1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 528 | |
1915 | F WR. W17, R17. R128°-173°(45°), W173°-128°(315°). | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 668 |
1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 683 | |
1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 707 | |
1927 | F W. W12. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 754 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
1839 | 13 Lamps / 15" Refl | N/A | N/A | N/A | USLHE Light List (US): 134 |
1849 | 18 Lamps / 21" Refl. | 72 | 180 | USLHE Light List (US): 145 | |
1858 | 1st | 69 | LHB Light List (US): 192 | ||
1860 | LHB Light List (US): 176 | ||||
1865-1866 | 82 | 128 | Lantern, and watch room below it, painted black. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 180 | |
1868 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 182 | ||||
1870 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 193 | ||||
1878 | Lantern and watch-room painted black; keeper's dwelling painted white. The tower and dwelling stand in a depression on top of a high sand hill. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 238 | |||
1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 240 | ||||
1886 | White tower and dwelling, standing in a depression on top of a high sand-hill; lantern and watch-room, black. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 266 | |||
1888 | White tower and dwelling, standing in a depression on top of a high sand hill; lantern and watch-room, black. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 276 | |||
1893 | White tower and dwelling, standing in depression in the top of a high sand hill; lantern and watchroom, black. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 367 | |||
1898 | 126 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 445 | |||
1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 457 | ||||
1905 | White tower and dwelling standing in a depression in the top of a high sand hill; lantern and watchroom, black. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 494 | |||
1908 | White tower and dwelling standing in a depression in the top of a high sand hill; black lantern and watchroom. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 528 | |||
1915 | N/A | 93 | White; tower and dwellings in depression in top of high sand hill. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 668 | |
1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 683 | ||||
1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 707 | ||||
1927 | 63 | 111 | Black, pyramidal, skeleton tower with slatted daymark. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 754 |
1767 - 1924 (Approximate location of 1784 lighthouse; it is assumed the original 1767 lighthouse was near this location.) | |
1925 - 1929 (Approximate location of 1924 replacement light: light list coordinates are not very accurate.) |