Chapel Hill Range Rear (New Jersey)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1858 F W. W12. LHB Light List (US): 162
1860 LHB Light List (US): 149
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 151
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 152
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 158
1878-1879 F W. W21. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 197
1886 F W. W211/2. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 207
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 216
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 292
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 353
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 367
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 399
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 433
1915 F W. W22. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 549
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 565
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 582
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 613
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 685
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 806
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 800
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 1019
1945-1947 F G. G22.
1950-1952
1953-1955 F G. Visible on range line only. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 1249
1957
1959-1960 F G. Visible on range line only. USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 1352
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 1352
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 1637
1969-1979
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 32490

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1858 2nd N/A 224 N/A LHB Light List (US): 162
1860 LHB Light List (US): 149
1865 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 151
1866
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 152
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 158
1878-1879 40 Rear tower of wood, painted white. The front of Chapel Hill dwelling, which supports the light-tower, shows from the direction of the main channel of the bay a surface of 25 feet by 40 feet, painted white. Frames of the same dimensions, each 25 feet be 40 feet, and covered with boards, are shown on each end of the dwelling, and are colored black. The surface of the entire front is therefore 25 by 120 feet, and shows white between two black surfaces. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 197
1886 Range Lens White tower on dwelling. The front of the dwelling shows from the direction of the main channel of the bay a white surface of 25 by 40 feet. At each end are black screens of the same dimensions. The surface of the entire front is therefore 25 by 120 feet, and shows white between two black surfaces. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 207
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 216
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 292
1898 2211/2 White tower on dwelling. The front of the dwelling shows from the direction of the main channel of the bay a white surface of 25 by 40 feet. At each end are black screens of the same dimensions. The surface of the entire front is therefore 25 by 120 feet, and the dwelling shows white between two black surfaces. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 353
1899 White tower on dwelling. The front of the dwelling shows from the direction of the main channel of the bay a white surface of 25 by 40 feet. At each end are black screens of the same dimensions. The surface of the entire front is 25 by 120 feet, and the dwelling shows white between two black surfaces. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 367
1905 White tower on white dwelling between two black screens. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 399
1908 Range Lens iov LHB Light List (Atlantic): 433
1915 N/A 46 221 White; tower on dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 549
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 565
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 582
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 613
1931 4 Rg ei White tower on dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 685
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 806
1940 4 Rg e N/A USCG Light List (Atlantic): 800
1943 Rg e USCG Light List (Atlantic): 1019
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 1249
1957
1959-1960 N/A N/A 198 White tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 1352
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 1352
1963
1964-1965 White skeleton tower.
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 1637
1969-1979
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 32490
1856 - 1956 (Exact location of historical 1856 lighthouse.)
1957 - 1987 (Approximate location of modern 1957 light: approximately 200 feet north of historical 1856 lighthouse.)