Long Island Head (Massachusetts)
Historical Light List Characteristics
| 1839 | F W. | USLHE Light List (US): 42 |
| 1849 | F W. W15. | USLHE Light List (US): 45 |
| 1858 | LHB Light List (US): 66 | |
| 1860 | LHB Light List (US): 58 | |
| 1865-1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 58 | |
| 1868 | ||
| 1870 | F W. W16. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 61 |
| 1878-1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 78 | |
| 1886 | F W. W173/4. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 79 |
| 1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 82 | |
| 1893 | F W. W163/4. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 91 |
| 1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 111 | |
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 113 | |
| 1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 115 | |
| 1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 120 | |
| 1915 | F W. W17. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 148 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 156 | |
| 1920 | F W. W16. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 160 |
| 1927 | F W. W17. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 156 |
| 1931 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 158 | |
| 1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 169 | |
| 1940 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 188 | |
| 1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 249 | |
| 1945-1947 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 247 | |
| 1950-1952 | ||
| 1953-1955 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 284 | |
| 1957 | ||
| 1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 307 | |
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 307 | |
| 1963-1965 | ||
| 1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 442 | |
| 1969-1972 | ||
| 1973-1976 | F W. W15. | |
| 1977-1979 | F W. W9. | |
| 1982 | ||
| 1987 | Fl W 2.5s. W6. | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 10640 |
| 1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 10400 | |
| 1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 10800 | |
| 2004 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
| 1839 | 11 Lamps / 15" Refl. | 20 | 80 | N/A | USLHE Light List (US): 42 |
| 1849 | 9 Lamps / 16" Refl. | 22 | USLHE Light List (US): 45 | ||
| 1858 | 4th | Iron tower painted white; lantern black. | LHB Light List (US): 66 | ||
| 1860 | LHB Light List (US): 58 | ||||
| 1865-1866 | Iron tower, painted white; lantern black. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 58 | |||
| 1868 | |||||
| 1870 | 27 | 121 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 61 | ||
| 1878-1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 78 | ||||
| 1886 | 31/2 | 351/2 | 129 | Tower, white; lantern, black. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 79 |
| 1888 | Tower, brown; lantern, black. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 82 | |||
| 1893 | 353/4 | 1191/2 | Brown tower; lantern, black. White dwelling SE. of tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 91 | |
| 1898 | Brown tower; lantern, black. White dwelling SE. of tower. White oil house 250 SE. of tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 111 | |||
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 113 | ||||
| 1905 | 451/2 | White, brick tower; lantern, black. White dwelling 30 feet SW. of tower, and connected to it by a white covered way, white oilhouse, near the crest of the bank, 170 feet WSW. 3/8 W., white barn 145 feet SSW. 3/4 W., and white fuel house 100 feet S. by W. 1/2 W. of tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 115 | ||
| 1908 | White, brick tower; black lantern; white dwelling 30 feet SW'ly of tower, and connected to it by a white covered way, white oilhouse, near the crest of the bank, 170 feet W'ly, white barn 145 feet and white fuelhouse 100 feet SW'ly of tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 120 | |||
| 1915 | N/A | 52 | 120 | White; brick tower, coveredway to dwelling. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 148 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 156 | ||||
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 160 | ||||
| 1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 156 | ||||
| 1931 | 31/2 ei | White brick tower, covered way to dwelling. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 158 | ||
| 1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 169 | ||||
| 1940 | 31/2 e | N/A | White brick tower. | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 188 | |
| 1943 | Brick tower. | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 249 | |||
| 1945 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 247 | ||||
| 1946-1947 | White brick tower. | ||||
| 1950-1952 | |||||
| 1953-1955 | N/A | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 284 | |||
| 1957 | |||||
| 1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 307 | ||||
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 307 | ||||
| 1963-1965 | |||||
| 1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 442 | ||||
| 1969-1979 | |||||
| 1982 | |||||
| 1987 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 10640 | ||||
| 1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 10400 | ||||
| 1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 10800 | ||||
| 2004 | White cylindrical tower. |
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1819 - 1899 (Approximate location of all lights prior to 1900: light list coordinates are not very accurate.) |
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1900 - Present (Exact location of current 1900 lighthouse.) |

