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Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at it confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE
Summary
Significance: The beacon tower is associated with Mispillion Lighthouse, one of three surviving lighthouses in Delaware, and is an early example of the importance of steel-frame tower construction in providing reliable, unmanned aids to navigation in remote areas.
Survey number: HAER DE-23-A
Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1929 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 86002919
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Milley, transmitter
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Massey, James C, historian
Maxwell, Shirley, historian
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Location
Milford, 38.89038, -75.40558
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
