Fort Point (California)
Historical Light List Characteristics
1857-1858 | F W. W12. | LHB Light List (US): 375 |
1860 | LHB Light List (US): 357 | |
1865 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 363 | |
1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 367 | |
1868 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 369 | |
1878 | F W. W15. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 461 |
1879 | F W 60s Fl(4) R 60s. W15 R15. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 480 |
1881 | F W 60s Fl(4) R 60s. W14.75 R14.75. | LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A |
1886 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 612 | |
1887 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A | |
1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 652 | |
1892 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 843 | |
1893 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 868 | |
1894 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 884 | |
1895 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 900 | |
1896 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 1001 | |
1900 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 24 | |
1906 | AlFl RW 10s. W143/4, R143/4. | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 29 |
1911 | AlFl RW 10s. W14, R14. | USLHS Light List (16th-18th): N/A |
1914 | Iso W 2s. W15. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 36 |
1930-1933 | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 88 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
1857 | 5th | 36 | 52 | N/A | LHB Light List (US): 375 |
1858 | |||||
1860 | LHB Light List (US): 357 | ||||
1865 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 363 | ||||
1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 367 | ||||
1868 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 369 | ||||
1878 | 27 | 83 | Light on iron tower. Keeper's dwelling of wood, one and a half story high, painted drab, within 300 feet of tower. The bell is placed on the bastion of the fort. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 461 | |
1879 | 4th | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 480 | |||
1881 | N/A | White; lantern, red. Iron tower. | LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A | ||
1886 | 83 | White tower; lantern-dome, red; two buff-colored dwellings, with green shutters, about 200 feet in rear of tower. The bell is placed on the bastion of the fort. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 612 | ||
1887 | N/A | N/A | White; lantern dome, red. Tower. | LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A | |
1888 | 4th | 83 | White tower with black lantern, rising above W. angle of Fort Winfield Scott; two buff-colored dwellings, with green shutters, about 200 feet in rear of tower. The fog-bell is placed on the bastion of the fort. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 652 | |
1892 | N/A | White tower with black lantern, rising above W. angle of Fort Winfield Scott. | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 843 | ||
1893 | 83 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 868 | |||
1894 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 884 | ||||
1895 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 900 | ||||
1896 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 1001 | ||||
1900 | 81 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 24 | |||
1906 | White tower with black lantern. | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 29 | |||
1911 | N/A | N/A | White. Tower. | USLHS Light List (16th-18th): N/A | |
1914 | N/A | 27 | 81 | White tower. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 36 |
1930-1933 | 4 ei | 31 | White pyramidal tower. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 88 |
Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals
1857-1858 | Fog-bell, struck by machinery. | None | LHB Light List (US): 375 |
1860 | Fog-bell, struck by machinery, and fog-horn sounded every 5 minutes in foggy weather. | LHB Light List (US): 357 | |
1865 | Fog-bell, struck by machinery. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 363 | |
1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 367 | ||
1868 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 369 | ||
1878 | A bell, struck by machinery every 10 seconds. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 461 | |
1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 480 | ||
1881 | None | LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A | |
1886 | Bell struck by machinery every 10 sec. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 612 | |
1887 | None | LHB Light List (Dist. 12): N/A | |
1888 | Bell struck by machinery every 10 sec. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 652 | |
1892 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 843 | ||
1893 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 868 | ||
1894 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 884 | ||
1895 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 900 | ||
1896 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 1001 | ||
1900 | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 24 | ||
1906 | 2d-class Daboll trumpet; blasts 2 sec., silent intervals 13 sec. | If trumpet be disabled a bell will be struck by machinery every 10 sec. | LHB Light List (Dist. 12-13): 29 |
1911 | None | None | USLHS Light List (16th-18th): N/A |
1914 | 2d-cl. air siren: Blast 2 sec. Silent 18 sec. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 36 | |
1930-1933 | DIAPHONE, air: Blast 2 sec., silent 18 sec. | Bell; 1 stroke every 10 sec., if diaphone is disabled. | USLHS Light List (Pacific): 88 |
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1855 - 1863 (Approximate location: Poor old light list coordinate accuracy.) |
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1864 - 1934 |