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Brandywine Shoal Light

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Bob Trapani, Delaware River & Bay LH Foundation

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Nearest Town or City:	Lewes, Delaware. New Jersey United States
Location:	Delaware Bay.
Managing Organization:	U.S. Coast Guard
Tower Height:	45
Description Tower:	White, cast iron cylindrical
Operational:	Yes
Date Established:	1823
Date Present Tower Built:	1914
Current Use:	Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public:	No.
Directions:	Accessible by boat only.
Date Automated:	1974
Optics:	1914: Third order Fresnel lens (now at Baymen's Museum in Tuckerton), now solar powered modern optic.
Height Focal Plane:	60
National Register:	No
State:	New Jersey
Country:	United States
Signal:	Automated horn.
Earlier Towers:	1823: Lightship; 1828: First tower, destroyed and replaced by lightship; 1850: screw pile type lighthouse.

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