Cape Elizabeth (West Tower) (Maine)
Historical Light List Characteristics
1839 | Fl W 120s. W25. | USLHE Light List (US): 17 |
1849 | ||
1858 | Fl W 60s. W17. | LHB Light List (US): 42 |
1860 | LHB Light List (US): 36 | |
1865-1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 36 | |
1868 | ||
1870 | Fl W 60s. W18. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 37 |
1878-1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 47 | |
1886 | FFl W 60s. F18, Fl18. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 46 |
1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 48 | |
1893 | FFl W 60s. F171/4, Fl171/4. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 55 |
1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 62 | |
1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 63 | |
1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 66 | |
1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 68 | |
1915 | FFl W 60s. F17, Fl17. fl 7. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 78 |
1917 | FFl W 60s. F17, Fl17. fl 6. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 82 |
1920 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
1839 | 14 Lamps / 15" Refl. | 50 | 140 | Towers are 300 yards apart. | USLHE Light List (US): 17 |
1849 | ? Lamps / 21" Refl. | ||||
1858 | 2nd | 53 | 143 | LHB Light List (US): 42 | |
1860 | LHB Light List (US): 36 | ||||
1865 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 36 | ||||
1866 | Tower is white, with one vertical red stripe on its seaward face. Towers are 300 yards apart. | ||||
1868 | |||||
1870 | Tower is white, with one vertical red stripe on its seaward face. Dwelling, a story and one-half wooden building, painted brown, connected with tower by wooden porch. Towers are 300 yards apart. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 37 | |||
1878 | Iron towers, painted brown, with white masonry base, 923 feet apart [from other tower], ranging SW. by W. and NE. by E. A one and a half story wooden dwelling, painted white, near the east tower. A one-story stone dwelling, whitewashed, 200 feet west of above. Western tower connected with a one and a half story wooden dwelling (painted white) by a covered way. Two fog-signal houses, whitewashed, on the extreme east point, about 300 yards to the southward of the east tower. [Shared structures between towers.] | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 47 | |||
1879 | Iron tower, painted brown, with white masonry base, 923 feet apart [from other tower], ranging SW. by W. and NE. by E. A one and a half story wooden dwelling, painted white, near the east tower. A one-story stone dwelling, whitewashed, 200 feet west of above. Western tower connected with a one and a half story wooden dwelling (painted white) by a covered way. Two fog-signal houses, whitewashed, on the extreme east point, about 300 yards to the southward of the east tower. [Shared structures between towers.] | ||||
1886 | White towers, 923 feet apart [from other tower], ranging S. W. by W. and N. E. by E. Two white dwellings near the E. tower. Western tower connected with a white dwelling by a covered way. Two white fog-signal houses on the extreme E. point, about 300 yards to the southward of the E. tower. [Shared structures between towers.] | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 46 | |||
1888 | Towers, painted brown, with white base, 923 feet apart [from other tower], ranging S.W. by W. and N.E. by E. White dwelling near each tower and a third white dwelling between. A white fog-signal house on the extreme east point of the cape, about 300 yards from the east tower. Life-saving station near fog-signal house. [Shared structures between towers.] | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 48 | |||
1893 | 541/2 | 1293/4 | Towers, painted brown, with white base. A white dwelling connected by a covered way to each tower, and a third white dwelling near easterly tower. Red oil house about midway between towers. White fog-signal house on the extreme E. point of the cape, about 300 yards from the E. tower. Life-saving station near fog-signal house. [Shared structures between towers.] | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 55 | |
1898 | Tower, painted brown, with white base. A white dwelling connected by a covered way to each tower, and a third white dwelling near easterly tower. Red oil house about midway between towers. White fog-signal house on the extreme E. point of the cape, about 900 feet from the E. tower. Life-saving station near fog-signal house. Life-Saving Service watchhouse 200 feet E. of E. tower. [Shared structures between towers.] | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 62 | |||
1899 | Tower, painted brown, with white base. A white dwelling connected by a covered way to each tower, and a third white dwelling near easterly tower. Red oil house about midway between towers. White fog-signal house on the extreme E. point of the cape, about 900 feet from the E. tower. Life-saving station near fog-signal house. Life-Saving Service watchhouse 200 feet E. of E. tower. (Shared structures between towers.) | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 63 | |||
1905 | White tower. A white dwelling connected by a covered way to each tower, and a third white dwelling near easterly tower. Two white signal masts, with small buildings, about 150 feet southerly of east tower. Red-brick oil house about midway between towers. White fog-signal house on the extreme E. point of the cape, about 900 feet from the E. tower. Life-saving station near fog-signal house. Life-Saving Service watchhouse 200 feet of E. tower. [Shared structures between towers.] | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 66 | |||
1908 | White tower; white dwelling connected by a covered way to each tower, and a third white dwelling near E'ly tower; two white signal masts, with small buildings, about 150 feet S'ly of E'ly tower; red-brick oilhouse about midway between towers; white fog-signal house on the extreme E'ly point of the cape, about 900 feet from the E'ly tower; life-saving station near fog-signal house. Life-Saving Service watchhouse 200 feet of E'ly of E'ly tower. [Shared structures between towers.] | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 68 | |||
1915 | N/A | 66 | 130 | White; tower, coveredway to dwelling. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 78 |
1917 | 67 | White; conical tower, coveredway to dwelling. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 82 | ||
1920 |
Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals
1858 | Fog-bell [shared] struck by machinery. | None | LHB Light List (US): 42 |
1860 | Fog-bell [shared], struck by machinery | LHB Light List (US): 36 | |
1865 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 36 | ||
1866 | Fog-bell [shared] struck by machinery. | ||
1868 | |||
1870 | Steam whistle [shared], sounding 8 seconds at intervals of 52 seconds. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 37 | |
1878-1879 | A 2d-class siren [shared], giving two blasts of 5 seconds each, with an interval of 8 seconds between them, and then a pause of 42 seconds every minute. | In case of accident to the siren, a 10-inch steam-whistle will be sounded. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 47 |
1886 | 2d-class steam-siren [shared]; two blasts of 5 sec. each, with alternate intervals of 8 sec. and 42 sec. | If steam-siren be disabled, a 10-inch steam-whistle will be sounded. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 46 |
1888 | 2d-class steam-siren [shared]; two blasts of 5 sec. each, will alternate intervals of 8 sec. and 42 sec. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 48 | |
1893 | 2d-class steam siren [shared]; blasts 5 sec. alternate silent intervals of 8 sec. and 42 sec. | If siren be disabled, a 12-inch steam whistle will be sounded. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 55 |
1898 | 2d-class steam siren [shared]; blasts 3 sec. alternate silent intervals of 9 sec. and 45 sec. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 62 | |
1899 | 2d-class steam siren (shared); blasts 3 sec. alternate silent intervals of 9 sec. and 45 sec. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 63 | |
1905 | 12-inch steam whistle [shared]; blasts 5 sec., alternate silent intervals 20 sec. and 30 sec. | None | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 66 |
1908 | 12-inch steam whistle [shared]; blasts 5 sec., silent intervals alternately 20 sec. and 30 sec. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 68 | |
1915 | 12-inch steam whistle [shared]; gp. 2 blasts every 60 sec.: 1st blast 5 sec., silent 20 sec., 2d blast 5 sec., silent 30 sec. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 78 | |
1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 82 | ||
1920 |
1828 - 1923 (Exact location of inactive 1874 historical lighthouse. Location of original 1828 lighthouse assumed to be the same.) |