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Managing Organization:
Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse Society
Website: http://njlhs.burlco.org/trrlhs.htm
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 1251
Hightstown
New Jersey, 08520, United States
Notes:
This lighthouse is managed by the Town of Paulsboro, while the Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse Society works for its preservation. The Coast Guard still maintains the active optic. The lantern in this lighthouse has only one pane of glass; the light shines in one direction only.
Tower Height: 83
Height of Focal Plane: 112
Description of Tower: Hexagonal, pyramidal skeletal tower with central cylinder.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1880
Date Present Tower Built: 1880
Date Automated: 1967
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Occasionally.
Directions:
This lighthouse is between Second and Third Streets in Billingsport, north of Paulsboro. The tower is open to the public on some summer and fall weekends.
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