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Cape Henlopen
State: DE
Year established: 1767
Latitude: 38 deg 46
min 42 sec N
Longitude: 75 deg 5
min 2 sec W
Rebuilds:
 1783: replaced tower burned by British in 1777, relit in 1784
1863: new keepers' house due to advance of sand dunes at 11 feet per year
1883: storm-induced erosion stimulated erosion protection measures; beacon moved to Delaware Breakwater in 1885
Status:
discontinued in 1924; 1926 storm undermined tower which fell into Delaware Bay
More information:
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHDE.html
http://historical.maptech.com/getImage.asp?fname=chen18se.jpg&state=DE
Office of the Light House Board, List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, (Washington, DC: GPO, 1895), pp. 70-71
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