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Lightship Overfalls (LV-118/WAL-539)

19958 Lewes, DE, United States of America (USA) (Delaware)

Address 219 Pilottown Road
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Navy / Watercraft
  • Lamps and Light


Opening times
Memorial Day weekend to end of season: Friday to Thursday: 10am - 4pm

Admission
Status from 01/2024
Adults $5.00; Children 14 and under are free

Contact
Tel.:+1-302-644-80 50   

Homepage www.overfalls.org

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Location / Directions
N38.777917° W75.141111°N38°46.67502' W75°8.46666'N38°46'40.5012" W75°8'27.9996"

Lewes (// LOO-iss)[6] is an incorporated city on the Delaware Bay in eastern Sussex County, Delaware.

The Lightship Overfalls is located at 219 Pilottown Road, on the canal and adjacent to beautiful Canalfront Park, in Historic Lewes, Delaware.

Description

The Lightship Overfalls, located in Lewes DE, is one of only 17 remaining lightships out of a total of 179 built from 1820 to 1952.  Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2011, it is one of seven lightships in this country still open to the public.

Wikipedia:
Lightship Overfalls (LV-118) (later renumbered WAL-539) was the last lightvessel constructed for the United States Lighthouse Service before the Service became part of the United States Coast Guard.[2] She is currently preserved in Lewes, Delaware as a museum ship.


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