Elbow of Cross Ledge Light

The Elbow of Cross Ledge Light was a lighthouse on the north side of the ship channel in Delaware Bay in Cumberland County, New Jersey, on the east coast of the United States, west of Egg Island Point.

[2] The light was struck glancing blows by passing ships several times over the years.

[2] A story on December 19, 1954, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin recalled that the keepers slept in life jackets for fear of having to abandon the station should it be struck.

On October 20, 1953, however, the Isthmian Lines' ore freighter Steel Apprentice, navigating in thick fog and without operable radar, struck the light head-on, knocking most of the house into the bay.

The coast guard removed the wreckage and erected a steel skeleton tower on the old foundation.