Great Duck Island (Maine)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1893 Fl R 10s. R133/4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 19
1898-1899
1905
1908
1915 Fl R 10s. R14. fl 1. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 21
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 23
1920
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 24
1931
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 27
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 30
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 32
1945-1947
1950-1952 Fl R 10s. R14. fl 0.8.
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 115
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 119
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 119
1963-1964
1965 Fl R 10s. R14. fl 0.5.
1966 Fl R 10s. R14. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 228
1969-1972
1973-1979 Fl R 10s. R19.
1982
1987 Fl R 5s. R19. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2450
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2245
1993-1995 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2295
1996 Fl R 5s. R15.
2004 Fl R 5s. R19. Obscured 143°-2061/2°(631/2°).

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1893 5th 351/2 661/2 Cylindrical brick tower, near brick fog-signal house and rain shed, and about 250 feet southerly from row of three white dwellings. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 19
1898-1899 Cylindrical red brick tower, near brick fog-signal house and rain shed, and about 250 feet southerly from row of three white dwellings; white boathouse on shore westerly from light tower.
1905 White, cylindrical, brick tower, near brick fog-signal house and rain shed, and about 250 feet southerly from row of three white dwellings; a stone oilhouse about 125 feet easterly; a white barn 230 feet northwesterly, and a white boathouse on shore westerly from light tower.
1908 4th White, cylindrical, brick tower, near brick fog-signal house and rainshed, and about 250 feet S'ly from row of three white dwellings; a stone oilhouse about 125 feet E'ly; a white barn 230 feet N'ly, and a white boathouse on shore W'ly from light-tower.
1915 N/A 41 67 White, cylindrical tower. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 21
1917 42 White cylindrical tower. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 23
1920
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 24
1931 4 iov
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 27
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 30
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 32
1945-1947
1950-1952 4 e
1953-1955 N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 115
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 119
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 119
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 228
1969-1979
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2450
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2245
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2295
2004

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1893 10-inch steam whistle; blasts 3 sec., silent intervals 17 sec. None LHB Light List (Atlantic): 19
1898 10-inch steam whistle; blasts 2 sec., silent intervals 28 sec.
1899 10-inch steam whistle; blasts 5 sec., alternate silent intervals 18 and 32 sec.
1905 10-inch steam whistle; blasts 5 sec., alternate silent intervals 20 and 30 sec.
1908
1915 10-inch steam whistle; gp. 2 blasts every 60 sec.: 1st blast 5 sec., silent 20 sec., 2d blast 5 sec., silent 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 21
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 23
1920
1927 Bell (1,200-lb.) if whistle is disabled. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 24
1931 DIAPHONE, air, blast 2.5 sec., silent 17.5 sec. Bell if diaphone disabled.
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 27
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 30
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 32
1945
1946-1947 DIAPHONE, air; blast 2.5 sec., silent 17.5 sec.
1950-1952
1953-1955 DIAPHONE: 1 blast ev 20s (2.5sbl). Bell, hand, 3 strokes ev 30s, if diaphone is disabled. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 115
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 119
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 119
1963-1965 None
1966 HORN, diaphragm; 1 blast ev 20s (2sbl). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 228
1969-1970
1971-1972 HORN, diaphragm; 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl).
1973-1975 HORN, 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl).
1976-1979 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl).
1982 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl).
1987 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2450
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2245
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2295
2004 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl).

Historical Light List Other Signals

1927 None USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 24
1931
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 27
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 30
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 32
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 115
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 119
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 119
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 228
1969-1977
1978 RBN: 286 kHz () V.
1979 RBN: 286 kHz GD () V.
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2450
1990 RBN: 286 kHz GD ()V. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2245
1991 286 kHz, V. GD ().
1992 FREQ: 286 kHz, V. GD ().
1993 FREQ: 293 kHz. GD (). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2295
1994-1996 None
2004
1890 - Present