Sankaty Head (Massachusetts)
Historical Light List Characteristics
| 1858 | FFl W 60s. F20, Fl20. fl 10. | LHB Light List (US): 82 |
| 1860 | LHB Light List (US): 74 | |
| 1865-1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 74 | |
| 1868 | ||
| 1870 | FFl W 60s. F19, Fl19. fl 10. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 76 |
| 1878-1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 99 | |
| 1886 | FFl W 60s. F181/4, Fl181/4. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 100 |
| 1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 103 | |
| 1893 | FFl W 60s. F19, Fl19. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 114 |
| 1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 141 | |
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 145 | |
| 1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 154 | |
| 1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 162 | |
| 1915 | FFl W 60s. F19, Fl19. fl 10. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 207 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 213 | |
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 218 | |
| 1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 219 | |
| 1931 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 259 | |
| 1935 | Fl W 15s. W19. fl 0.8. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 278 |
| 1940 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 273 | |
| 1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 465 | |
| 1945-1947 | ||
| 1950 | ||
| 1951-1952 | Fl W 15s. W19. fl 1. | |
| 1953-1955 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 65 | |
| 1957 | ||
| 1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 63 | |
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 63 | |
| 1963-1965 | ||
| 1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 67 | |
| 1969 | ||
| 1970-1972 | Fl W 7.5s. W19. | |
| 1973-1979 | Fl W 7.5s. W29. | |
| 1982 | ||
| 1987 | Fl W 5s. W29. | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 535 |
| 1990-1992 | Fl W 7.5s. W24. | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 540 |
| 1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 555 | |
| 2004 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
| 1858 | 2nd | 65 | 150 | N/A | LHB Light List (US): 82 |
| 1860 | LHB Light List (US): 74 | ||||
| 1865 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 74 | ||||
| 1866 | |||||
| 1868 | |||||
| 1870 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 76 | ||||
| 1878-1879 | Tower, white near the top and bottom, and red in the middle; lantern, black. Covered way between tower and one and a half story white dwelling. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 99 | |||
| 1886 | Tower, white near the top and bottom, with red band in the middle, connected with white dwelling by covered way; lantern, black. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 100 | |||
| 1888 | Tower, white near the top and bottom, with red band in the middle; lantern, black. A white frame double-dwelling near southerly side of tower. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 103 | |||
| 1893 | 62 | 166 | Tower, white near the top and bottom, with red band in the middle; lantern, black. A white, framed, double-dwelling and barn near southerly side of tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 114 | |
| 1898 | Tower, white near the top and bottom, with red band in the middle; lantern, black. A white, framed, double dwelling and barn near southerly side of tower. White oil house 170 feet N. of tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 141 | |||
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 145 | ||||
| 1905 | Tower, white near the top and bottom, with red band in the middle; lantern, black. A white, framed, double dwelling and a barn near southerly side of tower. White oil house 170 feet N. of tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 154 | |||
| 1908 | Tower, white near the top and bottom, with red band in the middle; black lantern; white, frame, double dwelling and a barn near S'ly side of tower; white oilhouse 170 feet N'ly of tower. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 162 | |||
| 1915 | N/A | 70 | White; tower, with red band in middle. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 207 | |
| 1917 | White tower with red band in middle. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 213 | |||
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 218 | ||||
| 1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 219 | ||||
| 1931 | 2 iov | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 259 | |||
| 1935 | 2 ei | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 278 | |||
| 1940 | 2 e | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 273 | |||
| 1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 465 | ||||
| 1945-1947 | |||||
| 1950 | |||||
| 1951-1952 | Dl e | ||||
| 1953-1955 | N/A | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 65 | |||
| 1957 | |||||
| 1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 63 | ||||
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 63 | ||||
| 1963-1965 | |||||
| 1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 67 | ||||
| 1969 | |||||
| 1970 | 62 | 158 | |||
| 1971-1972 | 70 | 166 | |||
| 1973-1979 | 158 | ||||
| 1982 | |||||
| 1987 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 535 | ||||
| 1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 540 | ||||
| 1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 555 | ||||
| 2004 |
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1850 - Present (Exact location of current 1850 lighthouse.) |
