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.)