Craney Island (Virginia)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1860 F W. W13. LHB Light List (US): 196
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 200
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 202
1870 F W. W12. Arc illuminated N. 13 E. by E'd to N. 70 W. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 213
1878 F W. W11. Arc illuminated W. by N. 1/2 N. by E'd to S. by W. 1/2 W. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 272
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 276
1886 F W. W111/4. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 318
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 335
1893 F W. W11. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 427
1898 Fl W 5s. W11. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 515
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 528
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 582
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 629
1915 Fl R 5s. fl 0.8. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 826
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 856
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 886
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 953
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1260
1935 Fl R 10s. fl 1. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1534
1943 Fl R 5s. fl 1. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 1997
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 2294
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 2707
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2707
1963
1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2964
1969

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1860 5th 59 51 Screw pile foundation red; square wooden structure white, with brown roof. LHB Light List (US): 196
1865 Screw pile foundation, red; square wooden structure, white, with brown roof. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 200
1866 Screw-pile foundation, red; square wooden structure, white, with brown roof.
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 202
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 213
1878 N/A 40 A screw-pile light-house on 9 wrought-iron piles. Superstructure, a square frame, white. Piles colored brown; lantern, black; shingle roof. Stands in 3 feet water. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 272
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 276
1886 361/2 Octagonal white screw-pile structure; piles and roof, brown; lantern, red. Stands in 3 feet water. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 318
1888 Octagonal white screw-pile structure; piles and roof, brown; lantern, black. Stands in 3 feet water. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 335
1893 34 White octagonal screw-pile structure; piles and roof, brown; lantern, black. Stands in 3 feet water at mean low water. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 427
1898 White octagonal screw-pile structure; piles and roof, brown; lantern, black. In 3 feet of water. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 515
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 528
1905 White, octagonal, screw-pile structure; piles and roof, brown; lantern, black. In 3 feet of water. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 582
1908 White, octagonal, screw-pile structure; brown piles and roof; black lantern. In 3 feet of water. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 629
1915 N/A White; octagonal house on brown piles. In 1/2 fathom. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 826
1917 White octagonal house, on brown piles. In 1/2 fathom. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 856
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 886
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 953
1931 5 o White octagonal house, on brown piles. In 3 feet. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1260
1935 500 mm a N/A 34 White skeleton tower, on brown piles. In 3 feet. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1534
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 1997
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 N/A White skeleton tower on brown piles. In 3 feet. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 2294
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 2707
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2707
1963
1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2964
1969

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1860 Bell & horn. None LHB Light List (US): 196
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 200
1868 Bell and horn. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 202
1870 A bell and horn LHB Light List (All Coasts): 213
1878 A bell, struck by machinery, at intervals of 12 seconds. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 272
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 276
1886 Bell struck by machinery every 12 sec. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 318
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 335
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 427
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 515
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 528
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 582
1908 Bell struck by machinery a single blow every 12 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 629
1915 Bell; 1 stroke every 12 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 826
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 856
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 886
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 953
1931 BELL; 1 stroke every 12 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1260
1935 BELL; 1 stroke every 30 sec. (CO2). USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1534
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 1997
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953 None USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 2294
1954-1955 BELL: 1 stroke ev 30s.
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 2707
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2707
1963
1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2964
1969
1859 - 1969 (Approximate location: all replacement lights were rebuilt on original foundation.)