Blue Hill Bay (Maine)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1858 F W. W9. LHB Light List (US): 17
1860 LHB Light List (US): 13
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 13
1868
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 14
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 19
1886 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 18
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 20
1893 F W. W101/4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 23
1898-1899
1905
1908
1915 F W. W10. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 26
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 28
1920
1927 F W. W9. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 29
1931
1940 Fl W 4s. W8. fl 0.4. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 32
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 36
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 118
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 122
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 122
1963-1965
1966 Fl W 4s. W10. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 232
1969-1972
1973-1979 Fl W 4s. W6.
1982
1987 Fl G 4s. G5. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2730
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2530
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2595
2004

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1858 4th 22 26 N/A LHB Light List (US): 17
1860 LHB Light List (US): 13
1865 5th LHB Light List (All Coasts): 13
1866
1868
1870 Tower of brick, whitewashed, connected with dwelling by brick work-room. Dwelling a story and a half wooden building, painted brown. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 14
1878 Tower of brick, whitewashed, connected with dwelling by a brick work-room, whitewashed. Dwelling a one and a half story house, painted drab. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 19
1879 Tower of brick, whitewashed, connected with dwelling by a brick work-room, whitewashed. Dwelling a one and a half story house, painted drab.
1886 White tower and dwelling, connected by work-room. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 18
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 20
1893 White tower and dwelling, connected by workroom. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 23
1898-1899
1905 White tower and dwelling, connected by a workroom. White pyramidal bell-tower, 100 feet NE. 1/8 N. from light-tower.
1908 White tower and dwelling, connected with dwelling by a workroom; white pyramidal bell-tower 100 feet N'ly from light-tower.
1915 N/A 27 White; tower connected to dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 26
1917 28 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 28
1920
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 29
1931 5 o White tower connected to dwelling.
1940 200 mm a N/A 25 Black skeleton tower. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 32
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 36
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953 N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 118
1954-1955 Black skeleton tower, small black house.
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 122
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 122
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 232
1969
1970-1971 White square daymark on white skeleton tower, small white house.
1972-1978 SW on white skeleton tower, small white house.
1979 SG on white skeleton tower, small white house.
1982
1987 SG on white skeleton tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2730
1990-1992 SG on skeleton tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2530
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2595
2004 SG on white skeleton tower.

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 None None LHB Light List (US): 17
1860 LHB Light List (US): 13
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 13
1868
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 14
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 19
1886 Hand-bell, rung in answer to signals. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 18
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 20
1893 Hand bell rung in answer to signals. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 23
1898-1899
1905 Bell struck by machinery a single and a double blow alternately, intervals 20 sec.
1908
1915 Bell; 1 stroke. silent 20 sec., 2 strokes, silent 20 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 26
1917 Bell; 1 stroke. silent 20 sec., gp. 2 strokes, silent 20 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 28
1920
1927 Bell (1,200-lb.); 1 stroke. silent 20 sec., gp. 2 strokes, silent 20 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 29
1931 BELL; 1 stroke. silent 20 sec., gp. 2 strokes, silent 20 sec.
1940 None USCG Light List (Atlantic): 32
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 36
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 118
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 122
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 122
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 232
1969-1979
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2730
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2530
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2595
2004
1857 - Present (Exact location for inactive 1856 historical lighthouse. Location of modern 1935 light is assumed to be close.)