Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Reedy Point Lighthouse, near Odessa, DE


"Sanibel Class" Square Skeletals (1884-1910)
Beginning in 1884, the Lighthouse Board adopted a standard plan for skeletal lighthouses having a square footprint. This plan was used for lighthouses with heights up to about 100 feet. The lighthouses have octagonal watch and lantern rooms, each with a gallery. In taller towers, a distinctive feature of the design is an extra leg running about half way up the side of each face. Shorter towers (65-75 feet) have only three sections and lack these extra legs.

At least fourteen of these lighthouses survive:

Sanibel Island FL (1884)
Cape San Blas FL (1885)
Anclote Key FL (1887)
Coney Island NY (1890), shorter design
Point Loma (2) CA (1891), shorter design
Crooked River (Carrabelle) FL (1895)
Chandeleur LA (1896)
Marblehead MA (1896)
LaPointe (2) WI (1896), shorter design
Plum Island Range Rear WI (1897), shorter design
Duluth Harbor South Breakwater Inner MN (1901), shorter design
Sapelo Island (2) GA (1905), relocated to South Fox Island (2) MI in 1934
Bellevue Range Rear DE (1909)
Reedy Island Range Rear DE (1910)

3 comments:

BatCaveNC said...

still no pic

BatCaveNC said...

What - you some kind of motha' huffin' lighthouse guru?

BatCaveNC said...

We gotta go back for a closeup.