North Brother Island (New York)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1870 F W. W12. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 148
1878-1879 F W. W11. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 185
1886 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 193
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 201
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 267
1898 Iso W 10s. W111/4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 317
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 333
1905 Iso W 10s. W12. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 360
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 380
1915 Iso W 10s. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 479
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 493
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 513
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 531
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 480
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 570
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 548
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 675
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953 Iso W 10s. W12. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 960
1954-1955 Iso W 10s. W12. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 960
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 1037
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 1037
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 1270
1969-1972
1973-1979 Iso W 10s. W14.
1982

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1870 6th N/A 50 Keeper's dwelling, with light on top, built of wood, one story high, with Mansard roof. Building painted light drab with brown trimmings. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 148
1878-1879 38 Tower rising in the centre of the front of keeper's dwelling, which is a one-story frame house, with Mansard roof. Building painted light drab, with brown trimmings. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 185
1886 White dwelling, with Mansard roof, surmounted by a black lantern. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 193
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 201
1893 White dwelling, with Mansard roof, surmounted by black lantern. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 267
1898 461/2 White dwelling, with Mansard roof, surmounted by black lantern. White wedged-shaped fog bell tower southeasterly of lighthouse-house. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 317
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 333
1905 4th White dwelling, with Mansard roof, surmounted by black lantern. White wedged-shaped fog-bell tower southeasterly of light-house. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 360
1908 White dwelling, with Mansard roof, surmounted by a black lantern; white wedged-shaped fog-bell tower SE'ly of light-house. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 380
1915 N/A 43 47 White dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 479
1917 45 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 493
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 513
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 531
1931 4 ei USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 480
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 570
1940 4 e N/A USCG Light List (Atlantic): 548
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 675
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953 N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 960
1954-1955 N/A N/A 40 White skeleton tower, white dwelling nearby. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 960
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 1037
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 1037
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 1270
1969-1979
1982

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1870 None None LHB Light List (All Coasts): 148
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 185
1886 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 193
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 201
1893 Bell struck by machinery every 15 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 267
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 317
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 333
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 360
1908 Bell struck by machinery a single blow every 15 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 380
1915 Bell; 1 stroke every 15 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 479
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 493
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 513
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 531
1931 BELL; 1 stroke every 15 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 480
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 570
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 548
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 675
1945-1947
1950
1951-1952 BELL, electric; 1 stroke every 15 sec.
1953-1955 BELL: 1 stroke ev 15s. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 960
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 1037
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 1037
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 1270
1969
1970-1979 BELL: 1 stroke ev 15s. Continuous operation.
1982 BELL: 1 stroke ev 15s. Continuous operation.
1869 - 1984 (Exact location of original 1869 lighthouse. Location of modern 1953 light was within 50 feet of the 1869 lighthouse and closer to the water. Deactivated around 1985.)