| Schuylkill River Range Rear Light |
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| Nearest Town or City: | Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States |
| Location: | League Island, Delaware River, mouth of Schuylkill River. |
| Managing Organization: | U.S. Coast Guard |
| Notes: | Steel skeleton towers now hold the active Schuylkill River Range Lights. |
| Tower Height: | 0 |
| Description Tower: | Steel skeletal tower. |
| Operational: | Yes |
| Date Established: | 1875 |
| Current Use: | Active aid to navigation. |
| Other Buildings: | Wood frame keeper's dwelling, badly damaged by fire in 1923. |
| Date Automated: | c. 1912 |
| Height Focal Plane: | 44 |
| National Register: | No |
| Keepers: | John Sheer (1875), Matthew Smith (1875-1876), Thomas Bills (1876-1881), Robert Sansom (1881), William T. Maltman (1881-c. 1908) |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Country: | United States |
| Earlier Towers: | 1875: Square structure, 8 feet high, light 31.5 feet above sea level. 1897: Post light. Rebuilt 1904, 1912, 1920. 1920: White slatted daymark on square, pyramidal skeleton tower. |






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