Stratford Point (Connecticut)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1839 Fl W 135s. USLHE Light List (US): 87
1849 Fl W 135s. W141/2. USLHE Light List (US): 90
1858 Fl W 90s. W12. LHB Light List (US): 143
1860 LHB Light List (US): 130
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 131
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 132
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 136
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 170
1886 Fl W 45s. W123/4. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 178
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 186
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 248
1898 Fl W 45s. W121/2. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 288
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 299
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 320
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 339
1915 Fl W 45s. W13. fl 3. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 427
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 439
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 459
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 474
1931 Fl W 30s. W13. fl 1.7. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 448
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 527
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 501
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 629
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 697
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 761
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 761
1963-1965
1966 Fl W 30s. W13. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 960
1969
1970-1972 Fl(2) W 20s. W13.
1973-1979 Fl(2) W 20s. W26.
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 20265
1990 Fl(2) W 20s. W24. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 19990
1991-1992 Fl(2) W 20s. W16.
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 21230
2004

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1839 10 Lamps / 14" Refl. 28 44 N/A USLHE Light List (US): 87
1849 USLHE Light List (US): 90
1858 4th 23 53 LHB Light List (US): 143
1860 3rd LHB Light List (US): 130
1865 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 131
1866
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 132
1870 Octagonal; wooden tower, with keeper's dwelling, painted white, attached. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 136
1878 Octagonal wooden tower, with keeper's dwelling panted white, attached. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 170
1879 Octagonal wooden tower, with keeper's dwelling painted white, attached.
1886 35 55 Round white tower; lantern, black. White dwelling detached. Fog-signal building, white. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 178
1888 Round white tower; lantern, black. White dwelling detached. Fog-signal building white. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 186
1893 White conical tower; lantern, black. White dwelling detached. Fog-signal building, white. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 248
1898 52 White, conical tower; lantern, black. White dwelling detached. Fog-signal building, white. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 288
1899 Conical tower, white, with brown band about midway of its height; lantern, black. White dwelling detached. Fog-signal building, white. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 299
1905 White conical tower, with brown band about midway of its height; lantern, black. White dwelling detached. Fog-signal building, white. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 320
1908 White conical tower, with brown band about midway of its height; black lantern; white dwelling detached; fog-signal building, white. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 339
1915 N/A 41 White; conical tower; brown band midway of height. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 427
1917 White conical tower, brown band midway of height. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 439
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 459
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 474
1931 6 Rg o 43 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 448
1935 4 ei USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 527
1940 4 e USCG Light List (Atlantic): 501
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 629
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 N/A N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 697
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 761
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 761
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 960
1969-1979
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 20265
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 19990
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 21230
2004

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 None None LHB Light List (US): 143
1860 LHB Light List (US): 130
1865-1866 Fog-bell worked by machinery. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 131
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 132
1870 A bell struck by machinery. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 136
1878-1879 A bell, struck by machinery, at intervals of 10 seconds for 4 blows; a pause of 30 seconds, and then the 4 blows repeated. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 170
1886 Bell struck by machinery every 15 sec. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 178
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 186
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 248
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 288
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 299
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 320
1908 Bell struck by machinery a single blow every 15 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 339
1915 1st-cl. air siren; gp. 3 blasts every 50 sec., blasts each 2 sec. duration; 2 silences every 7 sec., 1 silence 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 427
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 439
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 459
1927 1st-cl. air siren; gp. 3 blasts every 50 sec., 1st blast 2 sec., silent 7 sec, 2d blast 2 sec., silent 7 sec., 3d blast 2 sec., silent 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 474
1931 SIREN, 1st cl. air; gp. 3 blasts every 50 sec.: 3 blasts 2 sec. each, 2 silences 7 sec. each, 1 silence 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 448
1935 TYFON, air; gp. 2 blasts every 30 sec.: blast 2 sec., silent 3 sec., blast 2 sec., silent 23 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 527
1940 HORN, diaphragm, air; group of 2 blasts every 30 sec.: blast 2 sec., silent 3 sec., blast 2 sec., silent 23 sec. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 501
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 629
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 HORN, diaphragm; gp of 2 blasts ev 30s (2sbl-3ssi-2sbl-23ssi). USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 697
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 761
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 761
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 960
1969-1972 HORN, diaphragm; 2 blasts ev 30s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-24ssi).
1973-1975 HORN, 2 blasts ev 30s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-24ssi).
1976-1979 HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-24ssi).
1982 HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si).
1987 HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 20265
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 19990
1993-1994 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 21230
1995-1996 None
2004

Historical Light List Other Signals

1927 None USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 474
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 448
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 527
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 501
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 629
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 697
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 761
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 761
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 960
1969-1979
1982
1987 RBN: 316 kHz SP () III, VI. Antenna 150 feet 010° from light tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 20265
1990 RBN: 316 kHz SP ()III, VI. Antenna 150, feet 010° from light tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 19990
1991 316 kHz, III, VI. SP (). Antenna 150 feet, 010° from light tower.
1992 FREQ: 316 kHz, III, VI. SP (). Antenna 150 feet, 010° from light tower.
1993-1995 FREQ: 324 kHz. SP (). Antenna 150 feet, 010° from light tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 21230
1996 None
2004
1822 - Present (Exact location of current 1881 historic lighthouse. Location of original 1822 lighthouse assumed to be close.)