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Name: Fort Mifflin Blockhouse Light  

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Nearest Town or City:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Location: Delaware River.

Description of Tower: Light on two-story wood frame dwelling on offshore wooden pier.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1849

Date Deactivated: 1881

Optics: Sixth order Fresnel lens; 1875: Fourth order Fresnel lens.

Current Use: Destroyed.

Keepers: William Edwards (1848-1849), George Robinson (1849-1853), Benjamin R. Handy (1853-1881)