Boston (Massachusetts)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1839 Fl W 210s. W22. USLHE Light List (US): 33
1849 Fl W 210s. W25. USLHE Light List (US): 36
1858 Fl W 90s. W16. LHB Light List (US): 64
1860 Fl W 30s. W16. LHB Light List (US): 56
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 56
1868
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 59
1878-1879 Fl W 30s. W17. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 76
1886 Fl W 30s. W161/2. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 77
1888 Fl W 30s. W151/4. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 79
1893 Fl W 30s. W153/4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 87
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 104
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 106
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 125
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 131
1915 Fl W 30s. W16. fl 8. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 160
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 168
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 172
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 168
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 171
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 184
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 203
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 267
1945-1947
1950-1952 Fl W 30s. W16. fl 7.
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 42
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 42
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 42
1963-1965 Fl W 10s. W16. fl 0.7.
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 43
1969-1972 Fl W 10s. W16.
1973-1979 Fl W 10s. W27.
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 380
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 385
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 425
2004

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1839 14 Lamps / 16" Refl. 60 82 N/A USLHE Light List (US): 33
1849 14 Lamps / 21" Refl. 90 USLHE Light List (US): 36
1858 691/2 871/2 Rough stone circular tower; lantern straw color. LHB Light List (US): 64
1860 2nd 80 98 LHB Light List (US): 56
1865-1866 Rough stone circular tower; lantern black. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 56
1868
1870 111 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 59
1878-1879 Rough stone circular tower, whitewashed; lantern, black. Covered way, 89 feet long, to one and a half story brown dwelling. Two small brown buildings, and one of brick, containing fog-signal machines, stand on the south and southwest sides of the tower. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 76
1886 White circular tower, with black lantern. Brown dwelling connected to tower by covered way, 80 feet long. Red-roofed white dwelling to west-ward. Three brown fog-signal buildings and one of brick around the tower to eastward, southward, and south-westward. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 77
1888 White circular tower, with black lantern. White dwelling connected to tower by covered way, 80 feet long. White dwelling to westward. Two white fog-signal buildings to southward and southeastward of and very close to tower, and a small white building S.W. by W. of tower. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 79
1893 801/2 102 Conical white tower; lantern, black. White dwelling connected to tower by covered way, 80 feet long, large rain sheds, brick fog-signal house with frame annex, and square white building grouped closely about tower. Another white dwelling and small white structure to westward of group. Small brick oil house to southward of westerly dwelling. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 87
1898 Conical white tower; lantern, black. White dwelling connected to tower by covered way, 80 feet long, large rain sheds, brick fog-signal house with frame annex, and square white building grouped closely about tower. Another white dwelling and small white structure to westward of group. Small white oil house to southward of westerly dwelling. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 104
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 106
1905 White conical tower; lantern, black. White dwelling, large rain sheds, white, brick fog-signal house with frame annex, and square white building grouped closely about tower. Another white dwelling and small white structure to westward of group. Small white oil house to southward of westerly dwelling. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 125
1908 White conical tower; black lantern; white dwelling, large rain sheds, white, brick fog-signal house with frame annex, and square white building grouped closely about tower; another white dwelling and small white structure to W'd of group; small white oil house to S'd of W'ly dwelling. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 131
1915 N/A 89 White; conical tower. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 160
1917 White conical tower. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 168
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 172
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 168
1931 2 iov USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 171
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 184
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 203
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 267
1945-1947
1950-1952 2 e
1953-1955 N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 42
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 42
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 42
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 43
1969-1979
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 380
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 385
1993-1996 On white conical tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 425
2004

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 Fog-bell None LHB Light List (US): 64
1860 LHB Light List (US): 56
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 56
1868
1870 A bell LHB Light List (All Coasts): 59
1878-1879 A 1st-class Daboll's air-trumpet, in duplicate, giving blasts of 7 seconds, followed by intervals of 43 seconds. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 76
1886 10-inch steam-whistle; blasts 5 sec., alternate intervals of 10 and 40 sec. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 77
1888 1st-class steam-siren; blasts 5 sec., alternate intervals of 10 and 40 sec. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 79
1893 1st-class steam-siren; blasts 5 sec., alternate silent intervals of 10 and 40 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 87
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 104
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 106
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 125
1908 1st-class steam-siren; blasts 5 sec., silent intervals, alternately, of 10 and 40 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 131
1915 1st-cl. steam-siren; gp. 2 blasts every 60 sec.: 1st blast 5 sec., silent 10 sec., 2d blast 5 sec., silent 40 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 160
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 168
1920 1st-cl. air siren; gp. 2 blasts every 60 sec.: 1st blast 3 sec., silent 3 sec., 2d blast 3 sec., silent 51 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 172
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 168
1931 SIREN, 1st-cl. air; gp. 2 blasts every 60 sec.: blast 3 sec., silent 3 sec., blast 3 sec., silent 51 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 171
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 184
1940 SIREN, 1st-cl. air; group of 2 blasts every 60 sec.: blast 3 sec., silent 3 sec., blast 3 sec., silent 51 sec. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 203
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 267
1945-1947
1950
1951-1952 SIREN, 1st-cl. air; group of 2 blasts every 60 sec.; blast 3 sec., silent 3 sec., blast 3 sec., silent 51 sec.
1953-1955 SIREN: gp of 2 blasts ev 60s (3sbl-3ssi-3sbl-51ssi). USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 42
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 42
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 42
1963-1965 HORN, diaphragm; gp of 2 blasts ev 60s (3sbl-3ssi-3sbl-51ssi).
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 43
1969-1972 HORN, diaphragm; 2 blasts ev 60s (3sbl-3ssi-3sbl-51ssi).
1973-1975 HORN, 2 blasts ev 60s (3sbl-3ssi-3sbl-51ssi).
1976 HORN: 2 blasts ev 60s (3sbl-3ssi-3sbl-51ssi).
1977-1979 HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3sbl).
1982 HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl).
1987 HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 380
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 385
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 425
2004 HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl).
1716 - Present (Exact location for current 1783 lighthouse which was built at the original location.)