Cape San Blas (Florida)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1849 Fl W 195s. W15. USLHE Light List (US): 206
1860 Fl W 90s. W16. LHB Light List (US): 305
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 318
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 317
1878 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 404
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 418
1886 AlFl WR 60s. W153/4, R173/4. Flashing alternately, red and white, interval between flashes, 30 seconds. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 540
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 573
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 769
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 908
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 918
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1089
1908 Fl W 20s. W153/4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1206
1915 Fl W 20s. W16. fl 1. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1702
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1831
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1907
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2105
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2518
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 3288
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3551
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5428
1957
1959 Fl W 20s. W16. fl 1. Obscured 211°-231°(20°). USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 6403
1960 Fl W 20s. W16. fl 0.4. Obscured 211°-231°(20°).
1961 Fl W 20s. W16. fl 1. Obscured 211°-231°(20°). USCG Light List - Vol. II: 6403
1963 Fl W 20s. W16. fl 0.4. Obscured 211°-231°(20°).
1965-1966
1969-1970 Fl W 20s. W16. Obscured 211°-231°(20°). USCG Light List - Vol. II: 137
1972 Fl W 20s. W16. Obscured 211°-251°(40°).
1973-1974 Fl W 20s. W25. Obscured 211°-251°(40°).
1976
1978
1982 Fl W 20s. W25.
1990 USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 120

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1849 10 Lamps / 15" Refl. 65 N/A N/A USLHE Light List (US): 206
1860 3rd 96 96 LHB Light List (US): 305
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 318
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 317
1878 102 A brick tower; frame dwelling stands 100 yards northwest of light-house. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 404
1879 A brick tower; balustrade, dome, and cowl, black; frame dwelling stands 100 yards northwest of light-house. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 418
1886 90 98 Iron skeleton tower with lantern, painted black. Two white dwellings near tower. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 540
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 573
1893 Brown iron skeleton tower with brown lantern. Two white dwellings near tower. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 769
1898 Brown iron skeleton tower with brown lantern. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 908
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 918
1905 Square, pyramidal, skeleton, iron structure with stair-cylinder and lantern; all brown. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1089
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1206
1915 N/A 96 Brown; square, pyramidal, skeleton, inclosing stair cylinder. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1702
1917 Brown; square, pyramidal skeleton, inclosing stair cylinder. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1831
1920 101 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1907
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2105
1931 31/2 iov Brown, square, pyramidal skeleton, inclosing stair cylinder. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2518
1935 Brown, square, skeleton tower, inclosing stair cylinder. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 3288
1943 31/2 e USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3551
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5428
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 6403
1961 White, square, skeleton tower, inclosing stair cylinder. USCG Light List - Vol. II: 6403
1963 White, square, skeleton tower, inclosing stair cylinder; with black lantern house.
1965-1966
1969-1970 White, square skeleton tower, inclosing stair cylinder; with black lantern house. USCG Light List - Vol. II: 137
1972-1974
1976
1978
1982 136 White, skeleton tower.
1990 N/A 101 White skeleton tower. USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 120

Historical Light List Other Signals

1927 None USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2105
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2518
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 3288
1943 RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 290 kc, groups of dot, 2 dashes (). Antenna lead-in 1,300 feet 225° from lighthouse. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3551
1945-1947
1950-1952 RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 290 kc, groups of dot, 2 dashes (). Antenna lead-in 702 feet 208° from lighthouse.
1953-1955 RADIOBEACON: 290 kc (Code: ). Antenna 702 feet 208° from lighthouse. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5428
1957 RADIOBEACON: 320 kc (Code: ). Antenna 702 feet 208° from lighthouse.
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 6403
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. II: 6403
1963 RADIOBEACON: Antenna 702 feet 208° from lighthouse.
1965-1966
1969-1970 USCG Light List - Vol. II: 137
1972-1974
1976 RBN: 320 kHz () IV. Antenna 702 feet 208° from lighthouse.
1978 RBN: 320 kHz (). Antenna 702 feet 208° from lighthouse.
1982 RBN: 320 kHz W(). Antenna on light.
1990 RBN: 320 kHz W (). Antenna 702 feet 208° from light. USCG Light List - Vol. IV: 120
1848 - 1990 (Current location of 1919 move. Light moved inland 1500' in 1885, and 200 yards more inland in 1919.)