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Figure 2 1933.Ai US Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit, Cleveland, Ohio U.S. Department of Homeland Security United States Coast Guard Engineering Services Division URS Group Inc. Contract Number HSCG83-07-D- WF170 Task Order Number HSCG83-16-J-PCR191 ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES REPAIR REEDY ISLAND RANGE REAR LIGHT U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit, Rm 2179 1240 East Ninth Street Cleveland, Ohio 44199-2060 HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION SURVEY September 2016 1375 Euclid Avenue, Suite 600 Cleveland, OH 44115 Tel: 216.622.2400 Fax: 216.622.2428 Historical Overview Reedy Island Range Rear Light.……………………………………..1 Reedy Island Range Rear Light’s Historical Status………………………………………15 Primary and Secondary Spaces…..……………………………………………………….15 Non-Character Defining Features………………………………………………………..15 Character Defining Features……………………………………………………………..15 Primary Spaces..…………………………………………………………………………16 Secondary Spaces...……………………………………………………………………....16 Proposed Rehabilitation…………………………………………………………………..16 Summary of Section 106 Recommendations on Proposed Work…………………………19 Bibliography.……………………………………….……………….……………………26 Figures Figure 1. Location Map for Reedy Island Range Rear Light .......................................................................... 2 Figure 2. Reedy Island Lighthouse, January 1933 (USCG) ............................................................................. 3 Figure 3. Reedy Island Range Rear Light, circa 1933 (USCG) ........................................................................ 6 Figure 4. Reedy Island Range Rear Light (Lankton 1976, Library of Congress [LOC] HAER DE-11) ............... 6 Figure 5. Reedy Island Range Rear Light (Lankton 1976, LOC HAER DE-11) ................................................. 7 Figure 6. Reedy Island Range Rear Light, Foundation (Lankton 1976, LOC HAER DE-11) ............................ 8 Figure 7. Reedy Island Range Rear Light, Entrance (Lankton 1976, LOC HAER DE-11) ................................. 9 Figure 8. Reedy Island Range Rear Light, Spiral Staircase (Lankton 1976, LOC HAER DE-11) ..................... 10 Figure 9. Plan and Elevation (Lankton 1976, LOC HAER DE-11) .................................................................. 11 Figure 10. Plans and Section (Lankton 1976, LOC HAER DE-11) ................................................................. 12 Figure 11. Reedy Island Range Rear Light, 2016 (AECOM) ......................................................................... 13 Figure 12. Reedy Island Range Rear Light, 2016 (AECOM) ......................................................................... 14 Figure 13. Cracked Pier Foundation ............................................................................................................ 20 Figure 14. Cracked Grout on Pier Foundation ............................................................................................ 20 Figure 15. Spalling Paint on Tower ............................................................................................................. 21 Figure 16. Spalling Paint on Tower ............................................................................................................. 21 Figure 17. Spalling Paint Inside and Outside of Center Column ................................................................. 22 Figure 18. Spalling Paint in Watch Room .................................................................................................... 23 Figure 19. Cracked Base Shoe, Southwest Corner ...................................................................................... 24 Historical Overview Reedy Island Range Rear Light The Reedy Island Rear Range Light is one of a series of range lights that indicate the location of a safe, navigable dredged channel through the shoals and shallows of the Delaware Bay and the Delaware River between the Atlantic Ocean to Trenton, New Jersey, for a distance of 133 miles. Major ports served by this commercial route include Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Camden, New Jersey; and Wilmington, Delaware. Without dredging, the depths are limited to approximately 17 feet from the ocean to Philadelphia and 3 to 8 feet north to Trenton. Reedy Island is located on a reach of the Delaware River off the Port Penn, Delaware shoreline (Figure 1).1 To mark the shallows of Reedy Island, on March 3, 1837, Congress authorized the Reedy Island Lighthouse on the island’s southern end. The lighthouse was completed in 1839 and featured a 14 inch reflector. In 1855, a fog bell was constructed near the lighthouse. Due to the low shoreline, the lighthouse was prone to erosion from storm surges, flooding, and ice floes. The first embankment around the station was completed in 1858. The embankment needed periodic repairs and improvements, including raising its height and adding armor in the form of quarry stones and riprap.2 Developed in Great Britain, range lights marked the location of safe channels. They consisted of two lights that mariners would line up, one above the other. The front light was set low near the water’s edge while the rear light was placed on high tower set inland.3 When positioned correctly, both lights become aligned vertically and indicate that a vessel is on the correct bearing. Range lights were first installed along the Delaware River when the Deepwater Point and New Castle ranges began operating in 1876. The system quickly grew with the addition of the Liston and Finns Point ranges in 1877, the Cherry Island, Schooner Ledge, Tinicum Island, and Mifflin Bar Cut ranges in 1880, the Horseshoe East Group and West Group ranges in 1881, and the Delaware Bank range in 1885.4 The Liston range lights were intended to replace the Reedy Island Lighthouse. On April 2, 1877, the Liston range lights were lit and the Reedy Island Lighthouse was extinguished, although its fog bell continued in operation. On March 3, 1879, Congress appropriated $3,500 to reestablish the Reedy Island Light. Repairs were made to the embankment and the keeper’s dwelling. A tower was erected on the dwelling and the light was relit on July 1, 1879 (Figure 2). A new fog 1 U.S. Army, Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Delaware River, Trenton to the Sea and Schuylkill River and Wilmington Harbor Tributaries, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware: Project Maintenance. 1975, 1-1 and 1-7. 2 USCG, History of Reedy Island Light Station and Reedy Island Range Lights. n.d. USCG Historian’s Office, AtoN: Box 194 of 246: Reedy Island Range. 3 Bureau of Archaeology & Historic Preservation, Reedy Island Range Rear Light, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. 1989. Electronic document, http://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/89000288.pdf, accessed September13, 2016. 4 Candace Clifford, Light Stations in the United States, USDI/NPS NRHP Multiple Property Documentation Form. Electronic Document, https://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg4/cg47/docs/LIGHT%20STATIONS%20IN%20US%20MPDF%20pp%2041-60.pdf 2002:44-45. 1 Map Location Reedy Island Lighthouse ^_ Reedy Island Range Front Light Reedy Island Range Rear Light 0 3,400 6,800 Feet Source: ESRI 2016 CLIENT Reedy Island Range Rear Light TITLE Topographic Map of Project Location PROJ USCG REVISION NO 0 DR BY RXK 9/15/2016 PROJ NO 60515933 12420 Milestone Center Dr. SCALE 1:65,000 CHK BY BC 9/16/2016 FIGURE Germantown, MD 20876 Q:\Projects\ENV\CRM\Amtrak - PMO 1-1 PM MRE ¹ office support 2016\E. Data\E.4 GIS Figure 2. Reedy Island Lighthouse, January 1933 (USCG) CLIENT USCG TITLE PROJ Reedy Island Range Rear Light Historic Photographs SCALE N/A PROJ NO 60515933 SOURCE USCG 12420 Milestone Center Dr. FIGURE Q:\Projects\ENV\CRM\USCG - Reedy Island Light\900-GIS and Graphics\ Germantown, MD 20876 2 930 Graphics\931 Illustrator 3 bell was housed in the old light tower until 1883 when it was moved to the river bank. On October 1, 1884, red panels were placed in the lantern and used for the first time.5 Encouraged by maritime interests, on August 5, 1892, the Light House Board recommend erecting a rear light near Port Penn to be paired with the Reedy Island Lighthouse. This new range would mark the turning point of Baker’s Shoal. Surveys for the range were completed in 1894 and a site purchased the following year. The rear range light was lit on March 14, 1896 and two years later on July 26, the Reedy Island Lighthouse was changed to a twinkling light similar to other front range lights along the Delaware River.6 Throughout the nineteenth century, as commercial ships increased in size and draft, Philadelphia was increasingly placed at a competitive disadvantage to other major port cities along the east coast due to the shallow waters of the Delaware Bay and Delaware River. Philadelphia commercial organizations formed the “Joint Committee on the Improvement of the Harbor of Philadelphia and the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers” to lobby the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge a 30-foot deep and 600-foot-wide channel in the Delaware River. Their reasoning was: Ocean carriers already have a draft of from 27 to 32 feet, the latter draft much exceeding the depth carries over the shoal areas in the Delaware River at the present time.7 The importance of this improvement to the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, and the great West, can hardly be overstated. The Delaware River is the natural maritime outlet of an area of over 54,000 square miles, with a population of nearly 7,000,000 people. This area covers the manufacturing, coal, iron, steel, oil, and shipbuilding centers of the United States; and without
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