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Miah Maull Shoal Light - ipl2's Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey

"This cylindrical, cast iron tower sits on a cast iron caisson filled with concrete. It is located in the middle of the Delaware Bay on the shoal that was named after Nehe-miah Maull, who drowned there in an eighteenth-century shipwreck." This New Je ...

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Fourteen Foot Bank Light - ipl2's Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey

"This Victorian style structure is located in the middle of the Delaware Bay on the western side of the shipping channel (Delaware side)." This lighthouse was built in 1886 and automated in 1972.

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Finns Point Rear Range Light - ipl2's Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey

"This 115-foot tall black, skeletal tower, along with a front light, marked a nearby channel of the Delaware River. It is now part of the Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge." Located in Pennsville, New Jersey, this lighthouse was built in 1876, ...

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Brandywine Shoal Light - ipl2's Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey

This lighthouse is located in Delaware Bay, NJ. "This reinforced concrete lighthouse is built on a cast-iron caisson in the middle of Delaware Bay warning ships of the shoal on which it sits. This present structure replaced two previous lighthouses b ...

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East Point Light - ipl2's Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey

"This light, formerly known as the Maurice River Light, sits on the shore of the Delaware Bay near the Maurice River. It is the most remote land-based light in New Jersey." Located in Thompson Beach, New Jersey, this light was built in 1849, decommis ...

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Cross Ledge Light (Foundation) - ipl2's Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey

"This granite pier that at one time held a two-story, wood-frame dwelling with a mansard roof and a black lantern room is all that is left of the Cross Ledge Lighthouse." This lighthouse, located in the Delaware Bay, New Jersey, was built in 1875 and ...

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Tinicum Rear Range Light - ipl2's Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey

"This 80-foot tall black, skeletal tower was built to range with the Billingsport Light along the banks of the Delaware River not too far south of Philadelphia, PA. It currently is surrounded by Little League baseball fields."

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Morris Island Light - ipl2's Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey

"Located at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, the first light here was built in 1767 and was one of only two lighthouses found south of the Delaware Bay by the end of the Revolution. The original tower was destroyed during the Civil War. The keeper' ...

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New Jersey History Kids

This website is for instructing "New Jersey students in grades K through 4 in New Jersey History and Social Studies."

http://www.state.nj.us/state/historykids/

Cape May Light - ipl2's Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey

The current 157-foot lighthouse, built in 1859, is the third structure to rest on its present site in Cape May, N.J. Its predecessors were "built in 1823 and 1847. Marking the entrance to the Delaware Bay, it is presently leased to the Mid-Atlantic ...

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