Cherry Island Range Rear Light is a lighthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River, just north of the Christina River, Delaware. It is 1,456 yards (1,331 m) behind Cherry Island Range Front Light. The present light is a skeletal tower supporting a red light.

Cherry Island Range Rear Light

Cherry Island Range Rear Light in 1963 (by USCG)
Location	Bellefonte Delaware United States
Coordinates	39.762077°N 75.489736°W / 39.762077; -75.489736
Tower
Constructed	1880 (first)
Foundation	concrete base (current)
Construction	metal skeletal tower (current) wooden tower (first)
Automated	1970's
Height	35 feet (11 m) (current)
Shape	square skeletal tower with light (current) square tower atop a 2-story keeper's house (first)
Operator	United States Coast Guard[1][2]
Light
First lit	1970's (current)
Deactivated	1970's (first)
Focal height	120 feet (37 m) (current)
Lens	n/a
Characteristic	F R

Head keepers

• John A. Patterson 1880 – 1910
• Lawson Holland 1910 – 1915
• Charles E. Marshall 1919 – 1921
• Julian Bacon 1930 – 1933
• William H. Johnson 1938 – 1941 [3]

See also

• List of lighthouses in Delaware
• List of lighthouses in the United States

References

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