Cape Mendocino (California)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1878 Iso W 30s. W28. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 468
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 487
1881 Fl W 30s. W28. LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A
1886 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 621
1887 LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 661
1892 LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 858
1893 LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 884
1894 LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 901
1895 LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 917
1896 LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 1018
1900 LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 42
1906 LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 57
1911 USLHS Light List (16th-18th): N/A
1914 Fl W 30s. W28. fl 4.3. USLHS Light List (Pacific): 85
1930-1933 Fl W 30s. W28. fl 4.5. USLHS Light List (Pacific): 269
1945 USCG Light List (Pacific): 727
1950-1951 Fl W 30s. W28. fl 5.
1952-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 236
1961-1962 USCG Light List - Vol. III: 236
1963 Fl(2) W 30s. W28. fl 0.5, ec 5, fl 0.5, ec 24.
1964-1965 USCG Light List - Vol. III: 62
1966-1970 Fl(2) W 30s. W28. fl 0.4, ec 5.1, fl 0.4, ec 24.1.
1971-1972 Fl W 15s. W30. USCG Light List - Vol. III: 62
1973-1974 Fl W 15s. W26.
1975-1979 USCG Light List - Vol. III: 69
1980-1984 Fl W 15s. W24.
1985 USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 69
1986 USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 480
1988
1990
2004 Fl W 15s. W19.

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1878 1st 20 423 The tower is of wrought iron, in shape a regular polygon, of 16 sides. Tower and lantern painted white; dome of lantern painted red. Keeper's dwelling of wood, 150 feet E. SE., of the tower. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 468
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 487
1881 N/A White; dome of lantern and balustrade, red. A sixteen-side tower. LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A
1886 423 Tower, white, of sixteen sides; lantern, white; dome and balustrade, red; buff-colored dwelling, 150 feet E. S. E. of the tower. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 621
1887 N/A N/A White; dome, balustrade, and lantern, black. A sixteen-sided tower. LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A
1888 1st 423 White; dome, balustrade, and lantern, black. A sixteen-sided tower. [Info taken from the '1888 List of Beacons, Buoys, Stakes, and Other Day-Marks in the Twelfth Light-House District, Embracing the Sea-Coast and Bays of California' due to info missing in normal light list.] LHB Light List (All Coasts): 661
1892 N/A White sixteen-side tower; lantern, black. LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 858
1893 423 LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 884
1894 LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 901
1895 LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 917
1896 LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 1018
1900 422 LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 42
1906 LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 57
1911 N/A N/A White. Sixteen-side tower. USLHS Light List (16th-18th): N/A
1914 N/A 20 422 White; 16-sided pyramidal tower. USLHS Light List (Pacific): 85
1930-1933 1 iov 43 White, 16-sided pyramidal tower. USLHS Light List (Pacific): 269
1945 1 e USCG Light List (Pacific): 727
1950-1951 Dl e
1952-1960 N/A White 16-sided pyramidal tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 236
1961-1963 USCG Light List - Vol. III: 236
1964-1970 USCG Light List - Vol. III: 62
1971-1973 N/A N/A 515 White pole. USCG Light List - Vol. III: 62
1974 Pole.
1975-1983 USCG Light List - Vol. III: 69
1984 On pile.
1985 USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 69
1986 USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 480
1988
1990
2004 On post.

Historical Light List Other Signals

1930-1933 None USLHS Light List (Pacific): 269
1945 RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 292 kc., groups of dash, dot, dash (). Antenna lead-in 277 feet 103° from light tower. USCG Light List (Pacific): 727
1950-1951 None
1952-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 236
1961-1963 USCG Light List - Vol. III: 236
1964-1971 USCG Light List - Vol. III: 62
1972 RADIOBEACON: Antenna 125 yards 057° from light tower.
1973-1974 RADIOBEACON: Antenna 100 yards 074° from light tower.
1975-1976 RBN: 320 kHz () I. Antenna 100 yards 074° from light tower. USCG Light List - Vol. III: 69
1977-1984 None
1985 USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 69
1986 USCG Light List - Vol. VI: 480
1988
1990
2004
1868 - 1970 (Approximate location: Located closer to the water and down the hill from the modern light.)
1971 - Present