Fourteen Foot Bank Light

Fourteen Foot Bank Light is a lighthouse in the near Bowers Beach, Delaware. Built in 1885–1886 at the south end of Joe Flogger Shoal, it was the first lighthouse to be built using a pneumatic caisson.
  • Lighthouse
  • …is also known as “Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse”
  • …stands 59 feet (18 metres) tall
  • Description: lighthouse in Delaware, United States

Fourteen Foot Bank Light

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Latitude
39.04825° or 39° 2′ 54″ north
Longitude
-75.18227° or 75° 10′ 56″ west
Open location code
87F62RX9+83
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