Inventory of Historic Light Stations--New Jersey--Miah Maull Shoal Light

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MIAH MAULL SHOAL LIGHT

State: NEW JERSEY
Location: ON NORTH END OF SHOAL / DELAWARE BAY
Nearest City: DOWNE
County: CUMBERLAND
U.S.C.G. District: 5
Year Station Established: 1913

Photo courtesy Lewis C. Maull & Associates, ca. 1989

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1913
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1974
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE/CAST IRON CAISSON
Construction Materials: CAST IRON W/BRICK LINING
Markings/Patterns: RED TOWER W/RED WATCHROOM/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 45
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 500 MM
Year Present Lens Installed: 1913
Height of Focal Plane: 59
Fresnel Lens Disposition: SCHEDULED FOR DISPLAY AT EAST POINT LIGHTHOUSE
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1913
Number of Stories: 3
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
Construction Materials: CAST IRON

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #90002188
Name of Listing: MIAH MAULL SHOAL LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1983

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Mon, Mar 11 2002 11:00:02 am EDT
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