Delaware Lighthouses and Range Lights (DE) (Images of America)

One of the original six lighthouses built before the founding of this country was in Delaware. The lights that remain struggle daily to survive the punishing hands of vandals and Mother Nature.. In the following years, major offshore lighthouses and an extensive system of range lights were established. Yet it has a long history of “firsts,” innovations, and improvements in lighthouse construction and technology dating from the beginning of lighthouse history in the United States. Most of Delaware’s lighthouses are gone now, preserved only in faded photographs and yellowed document

. Judith Roales is a retired newspaper person whose love of lighthouse history in Delaware began with her first job as a reporter there in 1964. Currently she is president of the Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation, which is preserving three historic lighthouses

About the Author Judith Roales is a retired newspaper person whose love of lighthouse history in Delaware began with her first job as a reporter there in 1964. . Currently she is president of the Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation, which is preserving three historic lighthouses