Tinicum Rear Range Light
by Joan Carroll
Title
Tinicum Rear Range Light
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
It's not what you expect of a lighthouse. You envision a pretty red and white striped structure sitting on a rocky windswept cliff on the ocean edge. What you get is at Tinicum Island Rear Range Light in Paulsboro, NJ is a skeleton structure sitting amid baseball fields! However, it is still an active lighthouse (automated in 1933) and serves as a key guide for ships heading north along the Delaware River toward ports at Philadelphia and Camden. It was first lighted the night of December 31, 1880. It is equipped with a fixed red light with 1,000 watt lamps exhibiting 500,000 candle-power. The light is 112 feet above sea level. The rear range lighthouse, which is owned by the United States Coast Guard, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 15, 2005.
FEATURED PHOTO, Artwork Manipulated Digitally group, 2/15/16
FEATURED PHOTO, Topaz Simplify-Glow-Impression Photo Renderings group, 1/25/16
FEATURED PHOTO, Old MASTERS - PHOTOGRAPHERS and DIGITAL ARTS group, 1/24/16
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January 24th, 2016
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Comments (19)
Colleen Fox
I know this range well, used it for navigation when with the USCG. Very nice shot, I only saw it from the water view.
Ann Horn
Great perspective on this unusual lighthouse, Joan. Love the contrast between the soft white clouds and the hard metal of the light. f/l
Joan Carroll
Thank you Leif for the feature in the Topaz Simplify-Glow-Impression Photo Renderings group, 1/25/16
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