Fourteen Foot Bank
HL 677 6x5" 2005 In Store Event edition

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This historic lighthouse got its unusual name from the 14-feet of water that cover the dangerous shoal beneath. Serving maritime traffic between New Jersey and Delaware, Delaware Bay is infamous for its treacherous shipping channel which was monitored by lightship LV 19 from 1876 to 1886. However, the ice floe meant that the lightship had to be moved to safer waters during winter months at a time when it was most needed.

In the early 1880s, the Lighthouse Board decided to erect a lighthouse at the site. Thus, Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse became Americas first caisson lighthouse structure also known as a submarine type lighthouse. Atop this cylindrical structure, contractors built a Victorian-style two-and-a-half story gabled keepers quarters topped with an integrated light room flanked by an iron railing. A Fourth Order Fresnel Lens was installed and first lighted on December 1, 1886, thus ending the reign of Lightship LV 19.

This was the 2005 Exclusive In Store Event sculpture. We ordered additional so that we would have plenty in stock in case you missed the event.