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Historic Lighthouses and Light Stations in New Jersey

 

The year in parentheses refers to the year in which the light was first lit in the existing tower.

 

Cross-section drawing of lighthouse and attached keeper's house

Absecon Light (1857)

Location: Originally Absecon Beach

 

Barnegat Light (1857)

Location: North end of Long Beach Island

 

Brandywine Shoal Light (1914)

Location: Delaware Bay

 

Cape May Light (1859)

Location: Delaware Bay entrance

 

Chapel Hill Range Rear Light (1856)

Location: Sandy Hook Bay/New York Harbor

 

Conover Beacon (Chapel Hill Front Range) (1941)

Location: Sandy Hook Bay/New York Harbor

 

East Point (Maurice River) Light (1849)

Location: Maurice River/Delaware Bay

 

Finns Point Range Rear Light (1877)

Location: Delaware River

 

Great Beds Light (1880)

Location: Raritan River

 

Hereford Inlet Light (Old) (1874)

Location: Hereford Inlet entrance

 

Miah Maull Shoal Light (1913)

Location: North end of shoal/Delaware Bay

 

Navesink Twin Lights (1862)

Location: Lower New York Bay

 

Robbins Reef Light (1883)

Location: West side of main channel/Upper New York Bay

 

Romer Shoal Light (1898)

Location: Swash Channel/New York Lower Bay

 

Sandy Hook Light (1764)

Location: New York Lower Bay
Gateway National Recreation Area

 

Sea Girt Light (1896)

Location: Relocated from Sea Girt Inlet

 

Ship John Shoal Light (1874)

Location: Shoal in Delaware River

 

Tinicum Island Range Rear Light (1880)

Location: Delaware River

 

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