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Cape May Lighthouse
 
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By Bill Coughlin, August 18, 2010
Cape May Lighthouse Marker
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1 New Jersey, Cape May County, Cape May, Lower Township — Welcome to the Cape May Lighthouse Reported permanently removed
For some 180 years, a lighthouse beacon has stood here at the southern tip of New Jersey, guarding the entrance to Delaware Bay. The present tower was constructed in 1859. Standing 157˝ feet tall, it is the third lighthouse on this site, . . . Map (db m114572) HM
2 New Jersey, Cape May County, Cape May, Lower Township — Lighthouse Keepers' Homes & Gardens
From the time the current lighthouse was built in 1859 to the time it was electrified around 1933, four keepers, their assistants, and their families lived and worked on this landscape by the sea. The keepers and their periods of service . . . Map (db m114569) HM
3 New Jersey, Cape May County, Cape May, Lower Township — All Shapes, Sizes and MaterialsAids to Navigation — Maritime History — Reported permanently removed
Primary seacoast lights were located to warn mariners of their proximity to land, the presence of navigational dangers, and to help set their course. By 1852, however, lighthouses and lightships often looked so much alike that it was difficult to . . . Map (db m114571) HM
4 New Jersey, Cape May County, Cape May, Lower Township — Oil House Reported damaged
This structure was built in 1893 to house the kerosene used to power the light. Until 1893, the Lighthouse’s oil was stored in the vestibule house at the entrance to the tower. Moving it to a separate building reduced the risk of fire in the . . . Map (db m114573) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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