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Sunset on Harbor Refuge Lighthouse
Located just off the point of Cape Henlopen, the Harbor Refuge Lighthouse (or outer breakwater) is a working unmanned light maintained by the U.S. lighthouseharborrefugeCoast Guard. It is the only lighthouse still operating off the coastline of southern Delaware. Actually more of a marker, it is used by pilot boats that ferry supplies out to large ships.
The white, steel 75-foot lighthouse was built in 1901 as the final phase of the outer breakwater construction project which began in 1896.
Photo ID: 20150809-20150809-IMG_0387-2
Author: Connie Pyatt
Connie Pyatt
Photo size: 16.4 Mpixels (47 MB uncompressed) - 4965x3310 pixels (16.6x11 in / 42x28 cm at 300 ppi)
Published in: Lighthouses