Choptank River (Maryland)
Historical Light List Characteristics
1878 | F W. W11. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 300 |
1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 304 | |
1886 | F W. W111/4. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 350 |
1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 367 | |
1893 | F W. W11. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 477 |
1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 575 | |
1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 590 | |
1905 | F W. W111/4. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 684 |
1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 741 | |
1915 | F WR. W11, R11. R187°-199°(12°), W199°-316°(117°), R316°-345°(29°), W345°-187°(202°). | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1035 |
1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1071 | |
1920 | Fl WR 5s. W7, R5. fl 1. R187°-199°(12°), W199°-316°(117°), R316°-345°(29°), W345°-187°(202°). | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1123 |
1927 | F WR. W11, R8. R187°-199°(12°), W199°-316°(117°), R316°-345°(29°), W345°-187°(202°). | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1215 |
1931 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1542 | |
1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1927 | |
1943 | F WR. W11, R9. R187°-199°(12°), W199°-316°(117°), R316°-345°(29°), W345°-187°(202°). | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 2513 |
1945-1947 | ||
1950-1951 | F WR. W11, R8. R187°-199°(12°), W199°-316°(117°), R316°-345°(29°), W345°-187°(202°). | |
1952 | Fl WR 5s. W11, R8. fl 0.5. R187°-199°(12°), W199°-316°(117°), R316°-345°(29°), W345°-187°(202°). | |
1953-1955 | Fl WR 5s. W11, R7. fl 0.5. R187°-199°(12°), W199°-316°(117°), R316°-345°(29°), W345°-187°(202°). | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 2950 |
1957 | ||
1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 3441 | |
1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3441 | |
1963 | ||
1965 | Fl W 4s. W11. fl 0.4. | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3441 |
1966 | Fl W 4s. | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3840 |
1969-1970 | ||
1972 | ||
1973-1974 | Fl W 4s. W8. | |
1976 | ||
1978 | ||
1982 | ||
1987 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 18925 | |
1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 23010 | |
1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 24915 | |
2004 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
1878 | 6th | N/A | 35 | An hexagonal screw-pile light-house. Iron foundation and roof painted brown; superstructure, white; lantern, red. Light-house rests on 10 piles. The structure is placed in 10 feet of water. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 300 |
1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 304 | ||||
1886 | White hexagonal screw-pile structure; piles and roof, brown; lantern, red. Stands in 10 feet water. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 350 | |||
1888 | White hexagonal screw-pile structure; piles and roof, brown; lantern, black. Stands in 10 feet water. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 367 | |||
1893 | 331/2 | White hexagonal screw-pile structure; piles and roof, brown; lantern, black. Stands in 10 feet at mean low water. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 477 | ||
1898 | White hexagonal screw-pile structure; piles and roof, brown; lantern, black. In 10 feet of water. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 575 | |||
1899 | 5th | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 590 | |||
1905 | 38 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 684 | |||
1908 | White, hexagonal, screw-pile structure; brown piles and roof; black lantern. In 10 feet of water. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 741 | |||
1915 | N/A | White; hexagonal; brown piles. In 13/4 fathoms. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1035 | ||
1917 | White, hexagonal; brown piles. In 13/4 fathoms. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1071 | |||
1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1123 | ||||
1927 | 35 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1215 | |||
1931 | 5 o | White hexagonal brown piles. In 10 feet. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1542 | ||
1935 | 5 iov | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1927 | |||
1943 | White hexagonal brown on piles. In 10 feet. | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 2513 | |||
1945-1947 | White hexagonal on brown piles. In 10 feet. | ||||
1950-1951 | |||||
1952 | 200 mm e | ||||
1953-1955 | N/A | White hexagonal tower on brown piles. In 10 feet. | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 2950 | ||
1957 | |||||
1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 3441 | ||||
1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3441 | ||||
1963 | |||||
1965 | N/A | N/A | 35 | Skeleton tower with small white house on piles. In 10 feet. | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3441 |
1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3840 | ||||
1969-1970 | |||||
1972-1974 | |||||
1976 | |||||
1978 | Skeleton tower with small white house on piles. In 16 feet. | ||||
1982 | |||||
1987 | Skeleton tower with small white house on piles. | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 18925 | |||
1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 23010 | ||||
1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 24915 | ||||
2004 |
Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals
1878 | A bell, struck by machinery, at intervals of 10 seconds. | None | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 300 |
1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 304 | ||
1886 | Bell struck by machinery every 10 sec. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 350 | |
1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 367 | ||
1893 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 477 | ||
1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 575 | ||
1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 590 | ||
1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 684 | ||
1908 | Bell struck by machinery a single blow every 10 sec. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 741 | |
1915 | Bell; 1 stroke every 10 sec. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1035 | |
1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1071 | ||
1920 | None | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1123 | |
1927 | Bell, 1 stroke every 10 sec. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1215 | |
1931 | BELL; 1 stroke every 10 sec. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1542 | |
1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1927 | ||
1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 2513 | ||
1945-1947 | |||
1950-1951 | |||
1952 | BELL, electric; 1 stroke every 10 sec. | ||
1953-1955 | BELL: 1 stroke ev 10s. | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 2950 | |
1957 | |||
1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 3441 | ||
1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3441 | ||
1963 | |||
1965 | |||
1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 3840 | ||
1969-1970 | |||
1972-1974 | |||
1976 | |||
1978 | None | ||
1982 | |||
1987 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 18925 | ||
1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 23010 | ||
1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 24915 | ||
2004 |
1871 - Present (Location of 1921 replacement and 1964 modern replacement which were built on same pile foundation. Original 1871 light was located nearby.) |