Plymouth (Southeast) (Massachusetts)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1839 F W. W15. USLHE Light List (US): 38
1849 F W. W18. USLHE Light List (US): 41
1858 F W. W15. LHB Light List (US): 68
1860 LHB Light List (US): 60
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 60
1868
1870 F W. W17. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 62
1878-1879 F W. W11. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 79
1886 F W. W153/4. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 80
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 83
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 93
1898 F W. W153/4. Obscured between N. by W. 3/4 W. and N 1/4 E. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 118
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 121
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 131
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 137
1915 F W. W16. Obscured 328°-351°(23°). USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 172
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 180
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 185
1927 Fl (3) W 20s. W16. (fl 0.5, ec 7) x 2, fl 0.5, ec 4.5. Obscured 328°-351°(23°). USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 184
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 217
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 233
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 228
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 293
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 330
1957 Fl(3) WR 20s. W16, R16. (fl 0.5, ec 7) x 2, fl 0.5, ec 4.5. R323°-352°(29°), W352°-323°(331°).
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 355
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 355
1963
1964-1965 Fl(3) WR 20s. W16, R16. (fl 0.3, ec 7.2) x 2, fl 0.3, ec 4.7. R323°-352°(29°), W352°-323°(331°).
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 498
1969-1972
1973-1979 Fl(3) WR 20s. W25, R21. (fl 0.3, ec 7.2) x 2, fl 0.3, ec 4.7. R323°-352°(29°), W352°-323°(331°).
1982
1987 Fl(3) WR 30s. W16, R14. (fl 0.12, ec 4.88) x 2, fl 0.12, ec 19.88. R323°-352°(29°), W352°-323°(331°). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 12100
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 11885
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 12545
2004 Fl(3) WR 30s. W17, R15. (fl 0.12, ec 4.88) x 2, fl 0.12, ec 19.88. R323°-352°(29°), W352°-323°(331°).

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1839 6 Lamps / 9" Refl. 22 90 N/A USLHE Light List (US): 38
1849 8 Lamps / 15" Refl. 28 USLHE Light List (US): 41
1858 6th 33 93 Octagonal wooden tower. 31 feet apart [from other tower], N.W. & S.E. LHB Light List (US): 68
1860 LHB Light List (US): 60
1865-1866 Octagonal wooden tower. 31 feet apart [from other tower], NW. and SE. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 60
1868 Octagonal wooden tower, 31 feet apart from other tower, NW. and SE.
1870 34 102 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 62
1878 Octagonal wooden tower. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 79
1879 4th Octagonal wooden tower, 31 feet apart from other tower, ranging NW. and SE., connected by covered way. Two-story wooden dwelling, white. [Shared structure between towers.]
1886 35 White octagonal tower, 31 feet apart from other tower, ranging N.W. and S.E. and connected by a covered way; lantern, black; dwelling, white. [Shared structure between towers.] LHB Light List (All Coasts): 80
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 83
1893 34 1021/4 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, connected [to other tower, 31 feet apart] by covered way; lantern, black; dwelling, white, with green blinds. [Shared structure between towers.] LHB Light List (Atlantic): 93
1898 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, connected by covered way [to other tower, 31 feet apart]; lantern, black; dwelling, white, with green blinds. White oil house about 90 feet SW. by W. from south tower. [Shared structures between towers.] LHB Light List (Atlantic): 118
1899 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, connected by covered way (to other tower, 31 feet apart); lantern, black; dwelling, white, with green blinds. White oil house about 90 feet SW. by W. and white signal mast, 65 feet high, 264 feet NE. by E. from south tower. (Shared structures between towers.) LHB Light List (Atlantic): 121
1905 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, connected by covered way [to other tower, 31 feet apart]; lantern, black; dwelling, white, with green blinds. White oil house about 90 feet SW. by W. and white signal mast, 65 feet high, 264 feet NE. by E. from southerly tower. [Shared structures between towers.] LHB Light List (Atlantic): 131
1908 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, connected by covered way [to other tower, 31 feet apart]; black lantern; dwelling, white, with green blinds; white fuelhouse 62 feet W'ly of N'ly tower; white oilhouse about 90 feet SW'ly, white signal mast, 65 feet high, 264 feet NE'ly from S'ly tower. [Shared structures between towers.] LHB Light List (Atlantic): 137
1915 N/A 39 102 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, connected [to other tower, 10 yards apart] by coveredway; white dwelling. [Shared structure between towers.] USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 172
1917 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower connected [to other tower, 10 yards 303° apart] by coveredway; white dwelling. [Shared structure between towers.] USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 180
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 185
1927 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower; white dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 184
1931 4 iov USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 217
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 233
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 228
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 293
1945
1946-1947 4 e
1950-1952
1953-1955 N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 330
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 355
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 355
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 498
1969-1973
1974-1979 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, white dwelling.
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 12100
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 11885
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 12545
2004

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 None None LHB Light List (US): 68
1860 LHB Light List (US): 60
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 60
1868
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 62
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 79
1886 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 80
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 83
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 93
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 118
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 121
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 131
1908 1,200-pound bell [shared] struck by machinery a double blow every 30 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 137
1915 1st-cl. reed horn [shared]: blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec. Bell (1,200 lb.); if horn is disabled, 2 strokes every 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 172
1917 1st-cl. reed horn [shared]: blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec. Bell (1,200 lb.); if horn is disabled, gp. 2 strokes every 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 180
1920 1st-cl. reed horn [shared]: blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec. Bell (1,200 lb.); if horn is disabled, gp. 2 strokes every 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 185
1927 1st-cl. reed horn: blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 184
1931 HORN, 1st-cl. reed: blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec. None USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 217
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 233
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 228
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 293
1945-1946
1947 HORN, diaphragm, air: blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec.
1950
1951-1952 HORN, diaphragm, air; blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec.
1953-1955 HORN: diaphragm; 1 blast ev 15s (3sbl). USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 330
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 355
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 355
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 498
1969-1972
1973 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (3sbl).
1974-1975 HORN, 1 blast ev 15s (3sbl).
1976-1979 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (3sbl).
1982 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (3s bl).
1987 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (3s bl). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 12100
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 11885
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 12545
2004 HORN: 2 blasts ev 15s (3s bl).
1769 - 1997 (Approximate location of 1843 lighthouse before move in 1998. Locations for original 1769, 1801, and 1803 lighthouses are assumed to be close.)
1998 - Present (Moved approximately 140 feet in 1998.)