| 词条 | Fenwick Island Light |
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| image_name = FenwicklightApril08 (42) 2.jpg | caption = Spring 2008 | location = Fenwick Island, Delaware | coordinates = {{coord|38.4514|N|75.0548|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Delaware | pushpin = lighthouse | yearbuilt = 1858 | yearlit = 1859 | automated = 1940 | yeardeactivated = 1978-1982 | foundation = Natural | construction = Brick | shape = Conical | elevation = | height = {{convert|87|ft}} | currentlens = Third order Fresnel lens | lens = Third order Fresnel lens | intensity = | range = {{convert|15|nmi}} | characteristic = White flash every 3 s | admiralty = J1354 | ARLHS = USA-283 | USCG = 2-0205 |module={{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = Fenwick Island Lighthouse Station | nrhp_type = | image = | caption = | built = {{Start date|1858}} | architecture = Gothic | added = August 13, 1979 | area = {{convert|218|acre}} | governing_body = State | refnum = 79000642[1] }} }}Fenwick Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the Delaware/Maryland border. The structure dates back to 1858 making it the oldest lighthouse in the state of Delaware.[2] HistoryIn 1856, the United States Congress appropriated $25,000 for the Fenwick Island Lighthouse and on January 11, 1858 a ten-acre tract for the station was obtained from Mary C. Hall for only $50. The Fenwick Island Lighthouse was completed on December 29, 1858, but would not be lit until August 1, 1859. Construction was supervised by U.S. Army Captain William F. Raynolds. The lighthouse was built on an isolated peninsula in the southernmost portion of Delaware at the Maryland state line. It is 87 feet tall, brick, with a central cast iron spiral staircase, and equipped with a third-order Fresnel lens. It was automated in 1940.[3] The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1978 and remained dark for several years. A public movement to save the lighthouse resulted in ownership of the lighthouse being transferred to the State of Delaware, and the lighthouse was relit in 1982.[4] In 1997, after extensive fundraising efforts made it possible, the rapidly aging lighthouse underwent a full restoration. It was rededicated in July 1998.[5] The lighthouse is owned by the state of Delaware and maintained by the private, non-profit New Friends of the Fenwick Island Lighthouse. The "isolated" lighthouse now stands surrounded by a neighborhood of houses and businesses. Visitors can enter the base to view a small museum and gift shop. The lighthouse, however, is not open for climbing. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] {{gallery|mode=packed|Image:Fenwick_Island_Lighthouse.jpg|Spring 2008 |Image:Fenwick island lighthouse 2 010.jpg|Looking west-northwest (2009) |Image:Fenwick island lighthouse 2 043.jpg|Main entrance to lighthouse (2009) |File:Fenwick Island lantern room.jpg|Lantern room }} References1. ^1 {{NRISref|version=2010a}} 2. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_2IBZC4LMAC&pg=PA149&dq=Fenwick+Island+Light+oldest&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixpJfkxY3dAhVitlkKHYCbC-8Q6AEIRDAF#v=onepage&q=Fenwick%20Island%20Light%20oldest&f=false|title=Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic Coast|author=Unknown Author|publisher=Voyageur Press|page=149|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=August 27, 2018}} 3. ^{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=79000642}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fenwick Island Light |author=Dick Carter |date=January 1979}} and {{NRHP url|id=79000642|title=Accompanying 13 photos|photos=y}} 4. ^"New” Friends of the Fenwick Island Lighthouse website 5. ^Lighthousefriends website External links
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