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.) |