- Chapel Hill Rear Range Light
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Chapel Hill Rear Range Light 
Chapel Hill Rear Range Light as it appeared in service (USCG) Location south of Leonardo, New Jersey Coordinates 40°23′54″N 74°03′31″W / 40.3983°N 74.0587°WCoordinates: 40°23′54″N 74°03′31″W / 40.3983°N 74.0587°W Year first lit 1856 Deactivated 1957 Construction Wood (orig.) Tower shape rectangular house with central tower Height 55 ft (orig.)
45 ft (current)The Chapel Hill Rear Range Light is a lighthouse which functioned as the rear light of the now-discontinued Chapel Hill Range.
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History
This light was one of three identical lighthouses built along the New York harbor approaches in the 1850s (the others being the New Dorp Light and the Point Comfort Light). It worked in concert with the Conover Beacon to mark the Chapel Hill Channel, which runs north-south between the main Ambrose Channel and the secondary channel into Raritan Bay. The light took its name from a Baptist church built in 1809.
In 1957 this light was discontinued and replaced by a steel tower much closer to the front light (200 ft, as opposed to 1.5 mi (2.4 km). for the original lights). The old house was auctioned off in 1959 and sold to a New York businessman who intended it as a present for his amateur astronomer son. The building has since had several owners, who put an addition on the east end, added dormers along the roof line, and added various decorative touches.
See also
References
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New Jersey". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHNJ.asp. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- "Chapel Hill Rear Range Lighthouse". Lighthousefriends.com. http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=387. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- NOAA Office of Coast Survey (1988). Chart 12401: New York Lower Bay (Southern Part) (Map). 1:15,000, . http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/tiled_jpgs_done/zoomifyURLDrivenWebPage.htm?zoomifyImagePath=12401-6-1988. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- "Inventory of Historic Light Stations: New Jersey Lighthouses: Chapel Hill Rear Range Light". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/Maritime/light/chapel.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- "Chapel Hill Rear Range Light - Chapel Hill, NJ". New Jersey Lighthouse Society. http://www.njlhs.org/njlight/conover.html. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
Further reading
Lighthouses of New Jersey Absecon Light • Barnegat Lighthouse • Brandywine Shoal Light • Brigantine Lighthouse • Cape May Light • Chapel Hill Rear Range Light • Conover Beacon • Cross Ledge Light • East Point Light • Elbow of Cross Ledge Light • Finns Point Range Light • Great Beds Light • Hereford Inlet Light • Ludlam's Beach Light • Miah Maull Shoal Light • Navesink Twin Lights • Robbins Reef Light • Romer Shoal Light • Sandy Hook Light • Sea Girt Light • Ship John Shoal Light • Tinicum Island Rear Range Light
Categories:- Lighthouses in New Jersey
- Buildings and structures in Monmouth County, New Jersey
- Buildings and structures completed in 1856
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