Aransas Pass (Texas)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1858 F W. W13. LHB Light List (US): 362
1860 LHB Light List (US): 348
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 360
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 354
1878 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 445
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 464
1886 F W. W131/4. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 596
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 634
1893 F W. W131/2. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 844
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1024
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1039
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1264
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1404
1915 F W. W12. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1985
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2154
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2237
1927 F W. W13. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2567
1931 Iso W 10s. W13. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2552
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 3324
1943 Iso W 10s. W14. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3611
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 Iso W 3s. W15. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5493
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 6474
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. II: 6474
1963
1965-1966
1969-1970 USCG Light List - Vol. II: 221
1972
1973-1974 Iso W 3s. W16.
1976
1978 Fl W 10s. W15.
1982
1990 Fl W 10s. W13. Obscured 058°-098°(40°). USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 1210
2004 F W. USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 37710

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1858 4th 55 60 N/A LHB Light List (US): 362
1860 LHB Light List (US): 348
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 360
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 354
1878 Octagonal brick tower, not painted; keeper's dwelling detached. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 445
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 464
1886 Brown octagonal tower; dwelling detached. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 596
1888 Brown octagonal tower; two dwellings, detached. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 634
1893 65 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 844
1898 Brown, octagonal, pyramidal tower; lantern, black; two dwellings, near. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1024
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1039
1905 Red-brick, octagonal, pyramidal tower; lantern, black; two dwellings, near. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1264
1908 Red-brick, octagonal, pyramidal tower; black lantern; two dwellings near. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1404
1915 N/A 60 Red-brick, octagonal, pyramidal tower. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1985
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2154
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2237
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2567
1931 4 ei USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2552
1935 Red-brick, octagonal tower. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 3324
1943 4 e USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3611
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 N/A 82 85 Skeleton steel tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5493
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 6474
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. II: 6474
1963
1965-1966
1969-1970 Skeleton tower. USCG Light List - Vol. II: 221
1972-1974
1976
1978 N/A 140
1982
1990 80 On skeleton tower. On same structure as Corpus Christi Channel Cut A East Range Rear Light. USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 1210
2004 N/A N/A 65 Red and brown brick tower. USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 37710

Historical Light List Other Signals

1927 None USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2567
1931 RADIOBEACON, transmits gps. of 1 dash, 1 dot and 1 dash. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2552
1935 RADIOBEACON, transmits gps. . USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 3324
1943 RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 314 kc, groups of dash, dot, dash (). Antenna lead-in 85 feet 209° from lighthouse. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3611
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 RADIOBEACON: 314 kc (Code: ). Antenna 57 yards 016° from cupola of Coast Guard Station. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5493
1957
1959 RADIOBEACON: 314 kc (Code: ). Antenna 57 yards 016° from cupola of Coast Guard Station.
Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (306 and 480 kHz, J7 , Antenna is located 180 feet 182°30' from radiobeacon antenna tower.).		 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 6474
1960 RADIOBEACON: 300 kc (Code: ). Antenna 57 yards 016° from cupola of Coast Guard Station.
Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (306 and 480 kHz, J7 , Antenna is located 180 feet 182°30' from radiobeacon antenna tower.).
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. II: 6474
1963 RADIOBEACON: Antenna 57 yards 016° from cupola of Coast Guard Station.
Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (306 and 480 kHz, J7 , Antenna is located 180 feet 182°30' from radiobeacon antenna tower.).
1965-1966 RADIOBEACON: Antenna 57 yards 016° from cupola of Coast Guard Station.
Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (288 and 480 kHz, , Antenna is located 180 feet 182°30' from radiobeacon antenna tower.).
1969-1970 USCG Light List - Vol. II: 221
1972-1974
1976 RBN: 300kHz ()I. Antenna 57 yards 016° from Cupola of Coast Guard Station.
1978 RBN: 304 kHz (). Antenna 57 yards 016° from Cupola of Coast Guard Station.
1982 RBN: 304 kHz Z (). Antenna 57 yards 016° from Cupola of Coast Guard Station.
1990 None USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 1210
2004 USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 37710
1855 - 1952
1953 - 1989 (Approximate location. End year is unknown since the build date for the last modern light is not known.)
1990 - 1994 (Approximate location. Both start and end years are only guesses. Both modern light and restored private aid where in the 1990 light list!)
1995 - Present (While the private aid was restored in 1988, the start date is only a guess since it is not known when the modern light was no longer active.)