Cross Ledge Light
Location | middle Delaware Bay |
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Coordinates | 39°12′14″N 75°13′51″W / 39.2040°N 75.2307°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1875 |
Foundation | Granite pier |
Construction | Wood frame |
Shape | octagonal house with lantern on top |
Light | |
Deactivated | 1910 |
Focal height | 58 feet (18 m) |
Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
The Cross Ledge Light was a lighthouse on the north side of the ship channel in Delaware Bay off of Cumberland County, New Jersey on the East Coast of the United States, southwest of Egg Island Point. It was replaced by the Elbow of Cross Ledge Light and the Miah Maull Shoal Light in the early 1900s and razed by the United States Coast Guard in 1962.
History
Cross Ledge is part of a long system of
The Lighthouse Board remained convinced that a permanent light was needed at the spot, and in 1873 succeeded in getting
The light survived the years without serious incident, though much riprap was placed about it over the years to protect it from the ice. In the end, however, it was made obsolete by the construction of new lights closer to the shipping channel. The activation of the Elbow of Cross Ledge Light in 1910 marked the same shoal more effectively, and the Cross Ledge Light was abandoned in the same year.
The house remained intact over the years, and during
References
- Chart 12304: Delaware Bay (Map). 1:80,000. NOAAOffice of Coast Survey. 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2008.
- "Cross Ledge Lighthouse". lighthousefriends.com. Retrieved July 7, 2008.
- Veasey, David; Veasey, Dwight A. (2000). Guarding New Jersey's Shores: Lighthouses and Life-saving Stations. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-0738504179. Retrieved July 7, 2008.