Highland (Massachusetts)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1839 F W. W24. USLHE Light List (US): 37
1849 F W. W27. USLHE Light List (US): 40
1858 F W. W20. LHB Light List (US): 74
1860 LHB Light List (US): 66
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 66
1868
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 68
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 88
1886 F W. W201/4. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 89
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 92
1893 F W. W193/4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 102
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 127
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 130
1905 Fl W 5s. W193/4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 140
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 146
1915 Fl W 5s. W20. fl 0.2. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 185
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 194
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 199
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 196
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 235
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 254
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 249
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 316
1945-1947
1950-1952 Fl W 5s. W20. fl 0.35.
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 53
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 52
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 52
1963-1965
1966 Fl W 5s. W20. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 53
1969-1972
1973-1979 Fl W 5s. W23.
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 470
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 475
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 500
2004 Fl W 5s. W18.

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1839 15 Lamps / 15" Refl. 45 180 N/A USLHE Light List (US): 37
1849 15 Lamps / 21" Refl. USLHE Light List (US): 40
1858 1st 60 195 Brick tower; lantern black. LHB Light List (US): 74
1860 LHB Light List (US): 66
1865-1866 Brick tower, whitewashed; lantern black. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 66
1868
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 68
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 88
1886 53 Tower and dwellings of white, connected covered by white covered way; lantern, black. Fog-signal house to the northeastward of dwelling. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 89
1888 Tower and dwellings white, connected covered by white covered way; lantern, black. Fog-signal to the northeastward of dwelling. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 92
1893 55 183 White tower and dwellings, connected by white covered ways; lantern, black. White fog-signal house to northeastward of dwelling. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 102
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 127
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 130
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 140
1908 White tower and dwellings, connected by white covered ways; black lantern; white, brick, fog-signal house and white, brick oilhouse NE'd of dwelling. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 146
1915 N/A 66 White; tower, coveredway to dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 185
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 194
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 199
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 196
1931 1 iov White tower, covered way to dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 235
1935 1 ei USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 254
1940 1 e USCG Light List (Atlantic): 249
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 316
1945-1947
1950-1952 Dl e
1953-1955 N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 53
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 52
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 52
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 53
1969-1979
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 470
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 475
1993-1996 White tower with covered way to dwelling. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 500
2004 170

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 None None LHB Light List (US): 74
1860 LHB Light List (US): 66
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 66
1868
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 68
1878-1879 A 1st class Daboll trumpet, blasts 8 seconds at intervals of 30 seconds. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 88
1886 1st-class Daboll trumpet; blasts 8 sec., intervals 30 sec. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 89
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 92
1893 1st-class Daboll trumpet; blasts 8 sec., silent intervals 30 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 102
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 127
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 130
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 140
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 146
1915 1st-cl. reed horn: blast 8 sec., silent 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 185
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 194
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 199
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 196
1931 OSCILLATOR, air: blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec. Reed horn if oscillator is disabled. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 235
1935 OSCILLATOR, air: blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec. Reed horn if oscillator is disabled. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 254
1940 HORN, diaphragm, electric; blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec. None USCG Light List (Atlantic): 249
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 316
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 HORN, diaphragm: 1 blast ev 15s (3sbl). USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 53
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 52
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 52
1963-1965
1966 HORN, diaphragm; 1 blast ev 15s (3sbl). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 53
1969
1970-1972 HORN, diaphragm; 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl).
1973-1975 HORN, 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl).
1976-1979 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl).
1982 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl).
1987 None USCG Light List - Vol. I: 470
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 475
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 500
2004

Historical Light List Other Signals

1927 None USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 196
1931 RADIOBEACON: Transmits gps. of 2 dashes and 1 dot. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 235
1935 RADIOBEACON: Transmits gps. of . USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 254
1940 RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 302 kc, groups of 2 dashes, 1 dot, 1 dash (). Antenna lead-in 200 feet 65° from light tower. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 249
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 316
1945
1946-1947 RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 302 kc, groups of 2 dashes, 1 dot, 1 dash, (). Antenna lead-in 200 feet 65° from light tower.
1950-1952 RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 302 kc, groups of 2 dashes, 1 dot, 1 dash, (). Antenna lead-in 170 feet 352° from light tower.
1953-1955 RADIOBEACON: 302 kc. (Code: ). Antenna 170 feet 352° from light tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 53
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 52
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 52
1963 RADIOBEACON: Antenna 170 feet 352° from light tower.
1964-1965 RADIOBEACON: 302 kc. (Code:). Antenna 170 feet 352° from light tower.
1966 RADIOBEACON: Antenna 170 feet 352° from light tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 53
1969-1974 RADIOBEACON: 302 kc. (Code:). Antenna 170 feet 352° from light tower.
1975-1977 RBN: 302 kHz () I. Antenna 170 feet 352° from light tower.
1978 RBN: 286 kHz (). Antenna 170 feet 352° from light tower.
1979 RBN: 286 kHz HI () I. Antenna 170 feet 352° from light tower.
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 470
1990 RBN: 286 kHz HI () I. Antenna 170 feet, 352° from light tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 475
1991 286 kHz, I. HI (). Antenna 170 feet, 352° from light tower.
1992 FREQ: 286 kHz, I. HI (). Antenna 170 feet, 352° from light tower.
1993 FREQ: 298 kHz. HI (). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 500
1994-1996 None
2004
1797 - 1995 (Approximate location: location of 1857 lighthouse before the 1996 move. Locations of original 1797 and 1883 lighthouses are assumed to be close.)
1996 - Present (1857 lighthouse was move approximately 450 feet back from the water.)