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Cape May
State: NJ
Year established: 1823
Latitude: 38 deg 55
min 59 sec N
Longitude: 74 deg 57
min 37 sec W
Height above sea level: 165 feet Original construction:
conical tower Rebuilds:
 1847: lighthouse rebuilt
1859: Current 157-foot conical brick tower built
Status:
automated in 1946; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
flashing white every 15 seconds, visible for 24 nautical miles
More information:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/capemay.htm
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHNJ.html
http://delawarebaylights.org/light_list.htm
Bachand, Robert G.,Northeast Lights - Lighthouses and Lightships - Rhode Island to Cape May, NJ, (Norwalk, CT: Sea Sports Publications, 1989), pp. 382-386
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