Portland Breakwater (Maine)
Historical Light List Characteristics
1858 | F R. R8. | LHB Light List (US): 44 |
1860 | LHB Light List (US): 38 | |
1865-1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 38 | |
1868 | ||
1870 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 39 | |
1878 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 49 | |
1879 | Fl R 15s. R8. | |
1886 | FFl R 40s. F8 Fl8. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 48 |
1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 50 | |
1893 | FFl R 40s. F10.5, Fl10.5 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 57 |
1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 65 | |
1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 66 | |
1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 71 | |
1908 | FFl R 40s. F7 Fl9. fl 4. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 73 |
1915 | FFl R 40s. F7, Fl9. fl 4. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 85 |
1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 90 | |
1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 89 | |
1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 92 | |
1931 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 93 | |
1935 | F G. G10. | |
1940 | F G. G11. | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 104 |
1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 137 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
1858 | 6th | 17 | 23 | N/A | LHB Light List (US): 44 |
1860 | LHB Light List (US): 38 | ||||
1865 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 38 | ||||
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1868 | |||||
1870 | Tower of wood, painted white. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 39 | |||
1878 | Tower of iron, painted white. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 49 | |||
1879 | 5th | ||||
1886 | Round tower, at the end of the granite breakwater. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 48 | |||
1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 50 | ||||
1893 | 191/2 | 293/4 | Brown tower, with framed dwelling attached, on the end of the granite breakwater. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 57 | |
1898 | White tower, with framed dwelling attached, on the outer end of the granite breakwater. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 65 | |||
1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 66 | ||||
1905 | White tower, with white frame dwelling attached. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 71 | |||
1908 | White tower with white frame dwelling attached. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 73 | |||
1915 | N/A | 25 | 30 | White; tower attached to dwelling. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 85 |
1917 | 26 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 90 | |||
1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 89 | ||||
1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 92 | ||||
1931 | 5 o | White tower attached to dwelling. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 93 | ||
1935 | 5 ei | ||||
1940 | 5 e | N/A | White tower. | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 104 | |
1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 137 |
Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals
1858 | None | None | LHB Light List (US): 44 |
1860 | LHB Light List (US): 38 | ||
1865-1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 38 | ||
1868 | |||
1870 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 39 | ||
1878-1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 49 | ||
1886 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 48 | ||
1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 50 | ||
1893 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 57 | ||
1898 | Bell struck by machinery every 15 sec. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 65 | |
1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 66 | ||
1905 | 1,000-pound bell struck by machinery every 15 sec. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 71 | |
1908 | 1,000-pound bell struck by machinery a single blow every 15 sec. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 73 | |
1915 | 1,000-pound bell; 1 stroke every 15 sec. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 85 | |
1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 90 | ||
1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 89 | ||
1927 | Bell (1,000-lb.); 1 stroke every 15 sec. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 92 | |
1931 | BELL; 1 stroke every 15 sec. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 93 | |
1935 | |||
1940 | BELL, electric; 1 stroke every 10 sec. | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 104 | |
1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 137 |
1855 - 1943 (Exact location of inactive 1875 historical lighthouse. Location of original 1855 lighthouse assumed to be 200 feet back on the breakwater.) |