Mahon River Lighthouse is a U.S.

United States

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 lighthouse

Lighthouse

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 in Port Mahon, Delaware

Delaware

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, on the west side of the mouth of the Delaware River

Delaware River

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History

The original Mahon River Lighthouse built in 1903 and was a 2-story wood keeper's house with an octagonal lantern centered on the roof. It was discontinued in 1955, the same year as the current steel skeletal tower

Skeletal tower

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 was lit. The 1903 lighthouse burned accidentally in 1984. The clubhouse

Country club

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 of the Jonathan's Landing Golf Course in Magnolia

Magnolia, Delaware

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was built as a replica of the original lighthouse. The current tower is an active aid to navigation and not open to the public.