Mispillion Light

Mispillion Light
	Mispillion Light
Location	Sussex County, United States
Coordinates	38°56′51″N75°18′54″W / 38.9474°N 75.3151°W
Tower
Constructed	1873
Construction	wood (artificial physical structure)
Automated	1926
Height	65 ft (20 m)
Shape	square
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1873
Deactivated	1929
Lens	sixth order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	Fl W 3s
1929 light
	Beacon tower in 1992
Construction	steel
First lit	1929
Deactivated	1984

Last updated February 19, 2025

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. DE-23, "Mispillion Lighthouse ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}"
↑ Richard B. Carter (January 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mispillion Lighthouse and Beacon Tower". and Accompanying two photos
↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Mispillion Light, Delaware, 2002". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 14, 2024.

External links

Media related to Mispillion lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. DE-23, " Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford vicinity, Sussex County, DE "
HAER No. DE-23-A, " Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower "

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[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. DE-23, "Mispillion Lighthouse ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}"

[NRHPnom-3] Richard B. Carter (January 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mispillion Lighthouse and Beacon Tower". and Accompanying two photos

[4] Rowlett, Russ. "Mispillion Light, Delaware, 2002". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 14, 2024.

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