Bellevue Range Rear Light

Bellevue Range Rear Light

File:Bellevue Range Rear Light, Wilmington (New Castle County, Delaware).jpg Bellevue Range Rear Light
Location	Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates
Year first lit	1909
Automated	1934
Deactivated	2001
Foundation	Concrete
Construction	Cast Iron Skeletal tower
Tower shape	Pyramidal Skeletal tower
Height	105 feet (32 m)
Original lens	Fourth order Fresnel lens
Current lens	N/A
Characteristic	Flashing white

Bellevue Range Rear Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the mouth of the Christina River on the Delaware River, Wilmington, Delaware

History

The Bellevue Range Rear Lighthouse is a pyramidal skeletal light tower built in 1909 on the grounds of a landfill. It was operated by resident keepers from 1909 until 1934 when it was automated. The Bellevue Range Rear light was deactivated in 2001 when the landfill grew too high to see the light, and a modern tower was built to replace it. The modern tower is an active aid to navigation. The Bellevue Range Rear Light is not open to the public.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.