Pond Island (Maine)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1839 F W. USLHE Light List (US): 8
1849 F W. W13.
1858 LHB Light List (US): 40
1860 LHB Light List (US): 34
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 34
1868
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 35
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 43
1886 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 42
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 44
1893 F W. W123/4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 51
1898-1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 52
1905
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 54
1915 F W. W10. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 62
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 66
1920
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 68
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 67
1935
1940 F W. W12. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 79
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 96
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 182
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 189
1961 Iso W 4s. W12. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 189
1963-1965
1966 Iso W 4s. W13. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 305
1969
1970-1972 Iso W 6s. W13.
1973-1979 Iso W 6s. W9.
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 6245
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 5890
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 6025
2004

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1839 8 Lamps / 14" Refl. 12 52 The tower is erected on the keeper's dwelling. USLHE Light List (US): 8
1849 13 N/A
1858 5th 18 54 LHB Light List (US): 40
1860 LHB Light List (US): 34
1865 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 34
1866
1868
1870 Tower of brick, whitewashed, connected with dwelling by brick work-room. Dwelling, a story and one-half building, painted brown. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 35
1878 Tower of brick, whitewashed, connected with dwelling by brick work-room. Dwelling a one and half story building, painted white. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 43
1879 Tower of brick, whitewashed, connected with dwelling by brick work-room, whitewashed. Dwelling a one and half story building, painted white.
1886 White tower and dwelling, connected by a work-room. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 42
1888 White tower and dwelling, connected by a work-room. Fog-bell hung from frame-work, 200 feet S. of tower. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 44
1893 20 White tower and dwelling, connected by a workroom. Fog bell hung from framework, 200 feet S. of tower. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 51
1898-1899 161/2 52 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 52
1905
1908 White tower and dwelling, connected by a workroom; fog bell hung from framework, 200 feet S'ly, and red-brick oilhouse 161 feet NW'ly from light-tower. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 54
1915 N/A 22 White; tower connected to dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 62
1917 23 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 66
1920
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 68
1931 5 o White tower connected to dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 67
1935 5 om
1940 N/A USCG Light List (Atlantic): 79
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 96
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 182
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 189
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 189
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 305
1969-1979 White tower.
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 6245
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 5890
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 6025
2004

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 Fog-bell None LHB Light List (US): 40
1860 LHB Light List (US): 34
1865-1866 Fog-bell struck by machinery. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 34
1868
1870 A bell struck by machinery. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 35
1878 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 43
1879 A bell struck by hand.
1886 Bell struck by machinery seven times a minute. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 42
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 44
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 51
1898-1899 Bell struck by machinery every 10 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 52
1905
1908 Bell struck by machinery a single blow every 10 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 54
1915 Bell; 1 stroke every 10 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 62
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 66
1920
1927 Bell (1,000-lb.); 1 stroke every 10 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 68
1931 BELL; 1 stroke every 10 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 67
1935
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 79
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 96
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 BELL: 1 stroke ev 10s. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 182
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 189
1961 HORN, diaphragm; 1 blast ev 20s (2sbl). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 189
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 305
1969-1970
1971-1972 HORN, diaphragm; 2 blasts ev 30s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-24ssi).
1973-1975 HORN, 2 blasts ev 30s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-24ssi).
1976-1979 HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-24ssi).
1982 HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si).
1987 HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 6245
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 5890
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 6025
2004 HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si).
1821 - Present (Exact location of current 1855 lighthouse. Locations of original 1821 and 1835 lighthouses are assumed to be close.)