Cape Henlopen Lighthouse
The Cape Henlopen Lighthouse was built in 1767 and lighted in 1769. It was 69 feet high and stood on the southern cape of Delaware Bay, near Lewes, Delaware. The light was decommissioned in 1924, at a time when the wind and water had severely eroded it's foothold on the sandy point. The lighthouse collapsed in 1926.
The lighthouse as it stood around 1910
The erosion around the foothold is taking its toll at this point.
