Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light

Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light
Map
LocationNorthwest of Lewes, Delaware
Coordinates38°47′23″N 75°10′10″W / 38.78972°N 75.16944°W / 38.78972; -75.16944
Tower
Constructioniron
Shapehexagonal skeleton tower
Light
First lit1881
Deactivated1918
Focal height103 feet (31 m)[1]
Lensthird order Fresnel Lens[1]

The Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light (also known as the Green Hill Light) was a lighthouse west of Lewes, Delaware. It was made obsolete by the shifting of Cape Henlopen and was disassembled and moved to Florida to become the Boca Grande Entrance Range Rear Light.

  1. ^ a b List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Government Printing Office. March 1, 1907. p. 114. Retrieved 2014-01-22.