Seguin Island (Maine)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1839 F W. W22. USLHE Light List (US): 2
1849
1858 F W. W20. LHB Light List (US): 41
1860 LHB Light List (US): 35
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 35
1868
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 36
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 44
1886 F W. W191/2. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 43
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 45
1893 F W. W193/4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 52
1898-1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 59
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 62
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 64
1915 F W. W20. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 73
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 77
1920
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 79
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 78
1935
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 88
1943 F W. W13. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 106
1945
1946-1947 F W. W20.
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 5
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 5
1963-1966
1969-1972
1973-1979 F W. W19.
1982 F W. W18.
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 30
1990-1992
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 35
2004

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1839 14 Lamps / 15" Refl. 40 163 N/A USLHE Light List (US): 2
1849 15 Lamps / 21" Refl. 20 166
1858 2nd 35 180 LHB Light List (US): 41
1860 1st LHB Light List (US): 35
1865 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 35
1866
1868
1870 Tower of granite, connected with dwelling by brick work-room. Dwelling, a story and one-half brick building. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 36
1878-1879 Tower of granite, natural color, connected with a one and a half story brick dwelling by a brick work-room. The fog-signals are in a one and a half story and a one-story frame building, painted white, standing about 250 feet to the southward of the tower. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 44
1886 Gray-granite tower, connected to dwelling by a work-room. Two white fog-signal buildings about 250 feet S. of tower. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 43
1888 Gray granite tower, connected with dwelling by a work-room. Two white fog-signal buildings about 250 feet south of tower. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 45
1893 42 Gray granite tower, connected with dwelling by a workroom. A brick fog-signal building and white frame dwelling about 2500 feet S. of tower. Oil house, bars, and outbuildings to northward. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 52
1898-1899 Cylindrical, gray granite tower, connected with dwelling by a workroom. A brick fog-signal building and white frame dwelling about 250 feet S. of tower. Oil house, barn, and outbuildings to northward. An elevated car track extends in a generally northeasterly direction from the fog-signal building to the boat landing. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 59
1905 White, cylindrical, granite tower, connected with dwelling by a workroom. White brick fog-signal building and white frame dwelling about 250 feet S. of tower; bell and frame on southerly side of fog-signal building. Oil house, barn, and outbuildings to northward. An elevated car track extends in a generally northeasterly direction from the fog-signal building to the boat landing. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 62
1908 White, cylindrical, granite tower, connected with dwelling by a workroom; white brick fog-signal building and white frame dwelling about 250 feet S'ly of tower; bell and frame on S'ly side of fog-signal building; oilhouse, barn, and outbuildings to N'd; elevated car track extends in a generally NE'ly direction from the fog-signal building to the boat landing. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 64
1915 N/A 53 White; cylindrical, granite tower, connected to dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 73
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 77
1920
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 79
1931 1 iov White, cylindrical, granite tower, connected to dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 78
1935
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 88
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 106
1945-1946
1947 White, cylindrical, granite tower connected to dwelling.
1950-1952
1953-1955 N/A White cylindrical granite tower connected to dwelling. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 5
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 5
1963-1966
1969-1979
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 30
1990-1992 White cylindrical tower connected to dwelling.
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 35
2004

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 Fog-bell None LHB Light List (US): 41
1860 LHB Light List (US): 35
1865-1866 Fog-bell struck by machinery. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 35
1868
1870 A bell struck by machinery. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 36
1878-1879 A 10-inch steam fog-whistle, in duplicate, giving blasts of 8 seconds, at intervals of 52 seconds. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 44
1886 10-inch steam-whistle; blasts 8 sec., intervals 52 sec.. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 43
1888 10-inch steam-whistle; blasts 8 sec., intervals 52 sec. If steam-whistle be disabled, a bell will be struck by hand. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 45
1893 10-inch steam-whistle; blasts 8 sec., silent intervals 52 sec. If whistle be disabled, a bell will be struck by hand. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 52
1898 10-inch steam-whistle; blasts 3 sec., silent intervals 57 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 59
1899 10-inch steam-whistle; blasts 5 sec., silent intervals 25 sec.
1905 10-inch steam-whistle; blasts 5 sec., silent intervals 15 sec. If whistle be disabled a bell will be struck by hand. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 62
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 64
1915 10-inch steam-whistle; blast 5 sec., silent 15 sec. Bell (hand) if whistle is disabled. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 73
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 77
1920
1927 Air diaphone; gp. 2 blasts every 20 sec.: 1st blast 1.5 sec., silent 1.0 sec., 2d blast 1.5 sec., silent 16.0 sec. Bell (1,300-lb.) if whistle is disabled. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 79
1931 DIAPHONE, air; gp. 2 blasts every 20 sec.: blast 1.5 sec., silent 1 sec., blast 1.5 sec., silent 16 sec. Bell, if diaphone disabled. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 78
1935
1940 DIAPHONE, air; group of 2 blasts every 20 sec.: blast 1.5 sec., silent 1 sec., blast 1.5 sec., silent 16 sec. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 88
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 106
1945-1947
1950-1951
1952 DIAPHONE, air; group of 2 blasts every 20 sec.; blast 1.5 sec., silent 1 sec., blast 1.5 sec., silent 16 sec.
1953-1955 DIAPHONE: gp of 2 blasts ev 20s (1.5sbl-1ssi-1.5sbl-16ssi). Bell, hand, gp of 2 strokes ev 20s, if diaphone is disabled. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 5
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 5
1963-1966 None
1969 DIAPHONE: 2 blasts ev 20s (1.5sbl-1ssi-1.5sbl-16ssi).
1970-1972 DIAPHONE: 2 blasts ev 20s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-14ssi).
1973-1975 HORN, 2 blasts ev 20s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-14ssi).
1976-1979 HORN: 2 blasts ev 20s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-14ssi).
1982 HORN: 2 blasts ev 20s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-14s si).
1987 HORN: 2 blasts ev 20s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-14s si). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 30
1990-1992
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 35
2004 None
1796 - Present (Exact location for current 1857 lighthouse. Locations of original 1796 and 1819 lighthouses are assumed to be close.)