Fourteen Foot Bank Light
Fourteen Foot Bank Light is a lighthouse in the Delaware Bay 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.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Delaware, United States
- Also known as: “Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Brandywine Shoal Light.
Brandywine Shoal Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Fourteen Foot Bank Light
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Cape May County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.00932° or 39° 0′ 34″ north
Longitude
-75.12948° or 75° 7′ 46″ west
Open location code
87F62V5C+P6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouse
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Fourteen Foot Bank Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Fourteen Foot Bank”
- French: “Phare de Fourteen Foot Bank”
- German: “Fourteen Foot Bank Light”
- Russian: “Маяк Четырнадцать футов”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Fourteen Foot Bank Light and Miah Maull Shoal Light.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Brandywine Shoal Light and Harpoons on the Bay.
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Worth a closer look: Ocean City and Cape May.
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