Rockland Breakwater (Maine)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1893 F R. F R. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 34
1898-1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 35
1905 Fl W 5s. W111/2.
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 36
1915 Fl W 5s. W12. fl 0.5. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 40
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 42
1920
1927
1931
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 44
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 53
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 67
1945-1947
1950-1952 Fl W 5s. W11. fl 0.5.
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 147
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 152
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 152
1963-1965 Fl W 5s. W11. fl 0.3.
1966 Fl W 5s. W12. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 264
1969-1972
1973-1979 Fl W 5s. W24.
1982
1987 Fl W 5s. W17. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4255
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4060
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4130
2004

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1893 Lens Lantern 18 23 Lanterns, hung on vertically above the other on a wooden mast on top of pyramidal stone beacon surmounted by wooden gallery. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 34
1898-1899 24 Lanterns, one vertically above the other, hung on a red wooden mast on top of a small red wooden building surmounting a pyramidal stone beacon. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 35
1905 4th 27 39 Red-brick, square tower, forms the southwesterly corner of a red-brick fog-signal house, on a gray granite pier, 8 feet high, capping the breakwater; black lantern. White dwelling, with shingled sides and slate roof, and a white boathouse, attached to the fog-signal house, on its northerly side; railing around the pier.
1908 White, square, brick tower, forms the SW'ly corner of a white, brick, fog-signal house, on a gray granite pier, 8 feet high, capping the breakwater; black lantern; white dwelling, with shingled sides and slate roof, and a white boathouse, attached to pier on N'ly side. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 36
1915 N/A 33 White; square tower on corner of fog-signal house; on granite pier. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 40
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 42
1920
1927
1931 4 iov White square tower on corner of fog-signal house, on granite pier.
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 44
1940 4 e N/A USCG Light List (Atlantic): 53
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 67
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 147
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 152
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 152
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 264
1969-1979
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4255
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4060
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4130
2004

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1893 None None LHB Light List (Atlantic): 34
1898-1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 35
1905 1st-class Daboll trumpet; blasts 5 sec., silent intervals 15 sec.
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 36
1915 1st-cl. reed horn: blast 5 sec., silent 15 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 40
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 42
1920
1927 Bell (200-lb.) if horn is disabled.
1931 HORN, 1st-cl. reed, blast 5 sec., silent 15 sec. Bell if horn is disabled
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 44
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 53
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 67
1945-1947
1950 HORN, diaphragm, air; blast 5 sec., silent 15 sec. None
1951-1952 HORN, diaphragm, air; blast 2 sec., silent 18 sec.
1953-1955 HORN, diaphragm: 1 blast ev 20s (2sbl). USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 147
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 152
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 152
1963-1965
1966 HORN, diaphragm; 1 blast ev 20s (2sbl). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 264
1969-1972 HORN, diaphragm; 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl).
1973-1975 HORN, 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl).
1976-1979 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl).
1982 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl).
1987 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4255
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4060
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4130
2004 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl).
1888 - Present (Exact location of the 1902 lighthouse. Location of the original lights were moved several times and were not as far out on the breakwater.)