Reedy Island Range Rear Light
Oct. 8, 2019
Reedy Island Range Rear Light, near Taylor's Bridge, Townsend, Delaware
Reedy Island Range Rear Light, near Taylor's Bridge, Townsend, Delaware
Skeletal light tower built in 1839.
REEDY ISLAND RANGE REAR LIGHT
DELAWARE RIVER MOUTH
Station Established: 1839
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1910
Operational? YES
Automated? YES mid 1930s
Deactivated: N/A
Foundation Materials: 9 CONCRETE PIERS
Construction Materials: CAST IRON
Tower Shape: SKELETAL
Markings/Pattern: BLACK
Relationship to Other Structure: SEPARATE
Original Lens: FIFTH ORDER RANGE 1910
Historical Information:
- The original light was discontinued in 1950. A skeletal tower replaced it.
- Added to the National Historic Register in 1989.
- On April 6, 2002 vandals set the keeper’s house on fire, destroying the structure and damaging the brick oil house nearby.
- Skeletal tower which stand nearby is still an active aid to navigation.
Researched and written by Anne Puppa, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.