Race Point (Massachusetts)
Historical Light List Characteristics
| 1839 | Fl W 90s. W24. [Unknown period] | USLHE Light List (US): 41 |
| 1849 | Fl W 90s. W15. [Unknown period] | USLHE Light List (US): 44 |
| 1858 | FFl W 90s. F11, Fl11. | LHB Light List (US): 69 |
| 1860 | LHB Light List (US): 61 | |
| 1865-1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 61 | |
| 1868 | ||
| 1870 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 63 | |
| 1878-1879 | FFl W 90s. F12, Fl12. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 82 |
| 1886 | FFl W 90s. F121/2, Fl121/2. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 83 |
| 1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 86 | |
| 1893 | FFl W 90s. F113/4, Fl113/4. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 96 |
| 1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 121 | |
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 124 | |
| 1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 134 | |
| 1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 140 | |
| 1915 | FFl W 90s. F12, Fl12. fl 4. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 176 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 184 | |
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 189 | |
| 1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 187 | |
| 1931 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 224 | |
| 1935 | Fl W 15s. W12. fl 1.3. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 242 |
| 1940 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 237 | |
| 1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 303 | |
| 1945-1947 | ||
| 1950-1952 | ||
| 1953-1955 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 50 | |
| 1957 | ||
| 1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 50 | |
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 50 | |
| 1963 | ||
| 1964-1965 | Fl W 15s. W12. fl 0.8. | |
| 1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 51 | |
| 1969-1972 | ||
| 1973-1975 | Fl W 15s. W23. fl 0.8. | |
| 1976-1979 | Fl W 15s. W23. | |
| 1982 | Fl W 10s. W16. | |
| 1987 | Fl W 10s. W16. Obscured 220°-292°(72°). | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 455 |
| 1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 460 | |
| 1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 485 | |
| 2004 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
| 1839 | 10 Lamps / 9" Refl. | 20 | 25 | N/A | USLHE Light List (US): 41 |
| 1849 | 10 Lamps / 15" Refl. | 25 | 32 | USLHE Light List (US): 44 | |
| 1858 | 4th | 28 | 35 | Rubble-stone tower topped with brick. | LHB Light List (US): 69 |
| 1860 | Lantern on keeper's house. | LHB Light List (US): 61 | |||
| 1865-1866 | Rubble stone tower, sheathed, shingled, and whitewashed; lantern black. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 61 | |||
| 1868 | |||||
| 1870 | 31 | 47 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 63 | ||
| 1878-1879 | 35 | 51 | Iron tower, painted red; lantern, black. Two one and a half story frame dwellings, painted cream color; connected with tower by covered way. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 82 | |
| 1886 | Red tower; lantern, black. Two white dwellings. White fog-signal house, 100 feet from tower, N. by E. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 83 | |||
| 1888 | Brown tower; lantern, black. Two white dwellings. White fog-signal houses, 100 feet from tower, N. by E. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 86 | |||
| 1893 | 411/4 | Brown tower; lantern, black. Two white dwellings and barn. A brick fog-signal house about 150 feet northerly from tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 96 | ||
| 1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 121 | ||||
| 1899 | Brown tower; lantern, black. Two white dwellings and barn. A brick fog-signal house about 150 feet northerly and a white signal mast, 65 feet hight, 280 feet WSW. from tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 124 | |||
| 1905 | Brown tower; lantern, black. Two white dwellings and barn. A brick fog-signal house about 150 feet northerly and a white signal mast, 65 feet high, 280 feet WSW. from tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 134 | |||
| 1908 | Brown tower; black lantern; two white dwellings and barn; brick fog-signal house about 150 feet N'ly and a white signal mast, 65 feet high, 280 feet SW'ly from tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 140 | |||
| 1915 | N/A | 40 | 41 | White tower. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 176 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 184 | ||||
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 189 | ||||
| 1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 187 | ||||
| 1931 | 4 iov | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 224 | |||
| 1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 242 | ||||
| 1940 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 237 | ||||
| 1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 303 | ||||
| 1945-1947 | |||||
| 1950-1952 | |||||
| 1953-1955 | N/A | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 50 | |||
| 1957 | |||||
| 1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 50 | ||||
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 50 | ||||
| 1963-1965 | |||||
| 1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 51 | ||||
| 1969-1970 | |||||
| 1971-1979 | N/A | ||||
| 1982 | |||||
| 1987 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 455 | ||||
| 1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 460 | ||||
| 1993-1996 | On white tower. | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 485 | |||
| 2004 |
Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals
| 1858 | Bell | None | LHB Light List (US): 69 |
| 1860 | LHB Light List (US): 61 | ||
| 1865-1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 61 | ||
| 1868 | |||
| 1870 | A bell | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 63 | |
| 1878 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 82 | ||
| 1879 | A 12-inch steam fog-whistle, in duplicate, giving blasts of 4 seconds, with alternate intervals of 8 and 44 seconds. | ||
| 1886 | 12-inch steam-whistle; blasts 4 sec., alternate intervals of 8 and 44 sec. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 83 | |
| 1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 86 | ||
| 1893 | 12-inch steam whistle; blasts 4 sec., alternate silent intervals of 8 and 44 sec. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 96 | |
| 1898 | 10-inch or 12-inch steam whistle; blasts 4 sec., alternate silent intervals of 8 and 44 sec. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 121 | |
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 124 | ||
| 1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 134 | ||
| 1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 140 | ||
| 1915 | 10-inch or 12-inch steam whistle; gp. 2 blasts every 60 sec.: 1st blast 4 sec., silent 8 sec., 2d blast 4 sec., silent 44 sec. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 176 | |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 184 | ||
| 1920 | 10-inch or 12-inch air whistle; gp. 2 blasts every 60 sec.: 1st blast 3 sec., silent 3 sec., 2d blast 3 sec., silent 51 sec. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 189 | |
| 1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 187 | ||
| 1931 | WHISTLE,10 or 12-inch air; gp. 2 blasts every 60 sec.: blast 3 sec., silent 3 sec., blast 3 sec., silent 51 sec. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 224 | |
| 1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 242 | ||
| 1940 | WHISTLE, air; group of 2 blasts every 60 sec.: blast 3 sec., silent 3 sec., blast 3 sec., silent 51 sec. | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 237 | |
| 1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 303 | ||
| 1945-1947 | WHISTLE, air; group of 2 blasts every 60 sec.: blast 2 sec., silent 4 sec., blast 2 sec., silent 52 sec. | ||
| 1950-1952 | WHISTLE, air; group of 2 blasts every 60 sec.; blast 2 sec., silent 4 sec., blast 2 sec., silent 52 sec. | ||
| 1953-1955 | WHISTLE: gp of 2 blasts ev 60s (2sbl-4ssi-2sbl-52ssi). | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 50 | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 50 | ||
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 50 | ||
| 1963 | HORN, diaphragm: gp of 2 blasts ev 60s (2sbl-4ssi-2sbl-52ssi). | ||
| 1964-1965 | HORN, diaphragm; gp of 2 blasts ev 60s (2sbl-4ssi-2sbl-52ssi). | ||
| 1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 51 | ||
| 1969-1970 | HORN, diaphragm; 2 blasts ev 60s (2sbl-4ssi-2sbl-52ssi). | ||
| 1971-1972 | HORN, diaphragm; 2 blasts ev 60s (3sbl-3ssi-3sbl-51ssi). | ||
| 1973-1975 | HORN, 2 blasts ev 60s (3sbl-3ssi-3sbl-51ssi). | ||
| 1976-1979 | HORN: 2 blasts ev 60s (3sbl-3ssi-3sbl-51ssi). | ||
| 1982 | HORN: 2 blasts ev 60s (3s bl-3s si-3s bl-51s si). | ||
| 1987 | HORN: 2 blasts ev 60s (3s bl-3s si-3s bl-51s si). | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 455 | |
| 1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 460 | ||
| 1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 485 | ||
| 2004 | None |
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1816 - Present (Exact location of current 1876 lighthouse. Location of original 1816 lighthouse assumed to be close.) |