Browns Head (Maine)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1849 F W. W13. USLHE Light List (US): 21
1858 F W. W12. LHB Light List (US): 27
1860 LHB Light List (US): 22
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 22
1868
1870 F W. W11. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 23
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 29
1886 F WR. W11, R11. Red sector between the bearings N.E. by E. 3/4 E. and E.N.E 3/4 E, (from seaward). LHB Light List (All Coasts): 27
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 29
1893 F WR. W111/2, R111/2. Red sector between N. by E. 1/2 E. and NE. by E 3/4 E.; westerly red sector between ENE. 7/8 E and ESE. 1/8 E. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 35
1898-1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 36
1905
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 37
1915 F WR. W12, R9. R001°-050°(49°), W050°-061°(11°), R061°-091°(30°), W091°-001°(270°). USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 41
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 43
1920
1927
1931
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 45
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 54
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 68
1945-1947
1950-1952 F WR. W11, R11. R001°-050°(49°), W050°-061°(11°), R061°-091°(30°), W091°-001°(270°).
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 139
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 143
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 143
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 254
1969-1972
1973-1979 F WR. W15, R12. R001°-050°(49°), W050°-061°(11°), R061°-091°(30°), W091°-001°(270°).
1982
1987 F WR. W14, R11. R001°-050°(49°), W050°-061°(11°), R061°-091°(30°), W091°-001°(270°). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4090
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3895
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3965
2004

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1849 8 Lamps / 14" Refl. 20 42 N/A USLHE Light List (US): 21
1858 5th 23 39 LHB Light List (US): 27
1860 LHB Light List (US): 22
1865 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 22
1866
1868
1870 Tower of brick, whitewashed, attached to the keeper's dwelling, which is a one and a half story wooden building, painted brown. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 23
1878 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 29
1879 Tower of brick, whitewashed, attached to the keeper's dwelling, which is a one and a half story wooden building, painted white.
1886 Square white tower and dwelling attached. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 27
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 29
1893 231/2 Cylindrical white tower and dwelling attached. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 35
1898-1899 141/4 Cylindrical white tower and dwelling, connected by workroom. White boathouse 50 feet N. by E. from tower. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 36
1905 4th White cylindrical tower and white dwelling, connected by workroom. White boathouse and boatslip 50 feet N. by E., and a stone oilhouse 150 feet southerly from the tower.
1908 White cylindrical tower and white dwelling, connected by workroom; white boathouse and boatslip 50 feet and white stone oilhouse 150 feet S'ly from the tower; white pyramidal bell-tower 120 feet N'ly. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 37
1915 N/A 19 White; cylindrical tower connected to dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 41
1917 20 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 43
1920
1927
1931 4 o White cylindrical tower connected to dwelling.
1935 4 om USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 45
1940 N/A USCG Light List (Atlantic): 54
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 68
1945-1947
1950-1952 4 e
1953-1955 N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 139
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 143
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 143
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 254
1969-1979
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4090
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3895
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3965
2004

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 None None LHB Light List (US): 27
1860 LHB Light List (US): 22
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 22
1868
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 23
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 29
1886 Hand-bell, rung in answer to signals. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 27
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 29
1893 Bell struck by hand in answers to signals. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 35
1898-1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 36
1905
1908 Bell struck by machinery a single and a double blow alternately, intervals 20 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 37
1915 Bell; 1 stroke, silent 20 sec., 2 strokes, silent 20 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 41
1917 Bell; 1 stroke, silent 20 sec., gp. 2 strokes, silent 20 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 43
1920
1927 Bell (1,200-lb.); 1 stroke, silent 20 sec., gp. 2 strokes, silent 20 sec.
1931 BELL; 1 stroke, silent 20 sec., gp. 2 strokes, silent 20 sec.
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 45
1940 BELL; 1 stroke, silent 20 sec., group of 2 strokes, silent 20 sec. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 54
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 68
1945 None
1946-1947 BELL; 1 stroke, silent 20 sec., group of 2 strokes, silent 20 sec.
1950-1951 HORN, diaphragm, electronic; group of 2 blasts every 20 sec., blast 1.5 sec., silent 3 sec., blast 1.5 sec., silent 14 sec. Bell, 1 stroke, silent 20 sec., group of 2 strokes, silent 20 sec., if horn disabled.
1952 BELL; 1 stroke, silent 20 sec., group of 2 strokes, silent 20 sec. None
1953-1955 BELL: 1 stroke, 20s si; gp of 2 strokes, 20s si. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 139
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 143
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 143
1963
1964-1965 BELL (1+2); 3 strokes ev 40s (1 stroke, 20ssi, gp of 2 strokes, 20ssi).
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 254
1969 BELL (1+2); 3 strokes ev 40s (1 stroke, 20ssi, 2 strokes, 20ssi).
1970-1972 HORN, diaphragm; 1 blast ev 10s (1sbl).
1973-1975 HORN, 1 blast ev 10s (1sbl).
1976-1979 HORN: 1 blast ev 10s (1sbl).
1982 HORN: 1 blast ev 10s (1s bl).
1987 HORN: 1 blast ev 10s (1s bl). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4090
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3895
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3965
2004 HORN: 1 blast ev 10s (1s bl).
1832 - Present (Exact location of current 1857 lighthouse. Location of original 1832 lighthouse is assumed to be close.)