Bartlett Reef Lightship Station (CT)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1858 Light 1: F W. W10. Light 2: F W. W10. LHB Light List (US): 129
1860 LHB Light List (US): 117
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 117
1870 Light 1: F W. W11. Light 2: F W. W11. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 122
1878-1879 Light 1: F W. W10. Light 2: F W. W10. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 154
1886 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 161
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 169
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 201
1898 Light 1: F W. W101/2. Light 2: F W. W101/2. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 234
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 239
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 257
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 272
1915 Light 1: F W. W10 (1,000 cp). Light 2: F W. W10 (1,000 cp). USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 350
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 362
1920 Oc W 7s. W10 (700 cp). ec 2. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 381
1927 Oc W 7s. W11 (700 cp). ec 2. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 389
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 428

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1858 Reflector Reflector N/A 35 Fog-bell. Two reflector lights. Off New London, Conn. LHB Light List (US): 129
1860 N/A N/A Bartlett's Reef painted in white letters on each quarter. LHB Light List (US): 117
1865 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 117
1866
1870 """Bartlett's Reef"" painted in white letters on each quarter." LHB Light List (All Coasts): 122
1878 Reflector Reflector 28 """BARTLETT'S REEF"" painted in large letters on each side. Two reflector lights, two masts, with circular day-marks; moored in 11 fathoms water, southeast of the south point of the reef, in rocky bottom." LHB Light List (All Coasts): 154
1879
1886 Two masts, schooner-rigged; circular straw-colored day-mark at each mast-head. Hull, black, with white streak; "BARTLETT'S REEF" in large letters on each side. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 161
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 169
1893 Two masts, schooner-rigged; circular straw-colored day-mark at each masthead. Hull, black, with white streak; "BARTLETT REEF," in large black letters on each quarter, and "13" in black figures on the white streak on the bend of each bow. Nearly 3/8 mile to the southeastward of Bartlett Reef, SW. of the entrance to New London Harbor, Conn. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 201
1898 Two masts, schooner-rigged; circular straw-colored day-mark at each masthead. Hull, black, with white streak; "BARTLETT REEF," in black on each quarter, and "13" in black on the white streak on the bend of each bow. Moored in 66 feet of water, about 1/2 mile to the southeastward of the S. point of Bartlett Reef, SW. of the entrance to New London Harbor, Conn. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 234
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 239
1905 Two masts, schooner-rigged; black circular daymark at each masthead. Hull, black, with white streak; "BARTLETT REEF," in black on each quarter, and "13" in black on each bow. Moored in 66 feet of water, about 1/2 mile to the southeastward of the southerly point of Bartlett Reef, Long Island Sound, southwesterly of the entrance to New London Harbor, Conn. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 257
1908 Two masts, schooner-rigged; black, circular, daymark at each masthead; black hull, with white streak; "BARTLETT REEF" in black on each quarter and "13" in black on each bow. Moored in 66 feet of water, about 1/2 mile to the SE'd of the S'ly point of Bartlett Reef, Conn., Long Island Sound, SW'ly of the entrance to New London Harbor. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 272
1915 N/A N/A Black hull, with white streak, black lettering, "BARTLETT" on sides; two masts; black, circular grating at each masthead. In 11 fathoms, southwest of entrance to New London Harbor. (Conn.) USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 350
1917 Black hull with white streak, black lettering, "BARTLETT" on sides; two masts; black, circular grating at each masthead. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 362
1920 N/A USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 381
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 389
1931 375 mm a NA NA Black hull with white streak, "BARTLETT" on sides; two masts; black circular grating at each masthead. In 66 feet southwest of entrance to New London Harbor. Conn. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 428

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 Bell. None LHB Light List (US): 129
1860 Bell & horn. LHB Light List (US): 117
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 117
1870 A bell and horn. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 122
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 154
1886 Bell or horn. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 161
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 169
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 201
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 234
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 239
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 257
1908 Bell struck by hand a double blow approximately every 30 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 272
1915 Bell (hand); 2 strokes every 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 350
1917 Bell (hand); gp. 2 strokes every 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 362
1920 10-inch air whistle: Blast 2 sec. Silent 28 sec. Bell (hand); gp. 2 strokes every 30 sec., if whistle disabled. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 381
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 389
1931 WHISTLE, 10-inch air: Blast 2 sec., silent 28 sec. Bell, hand, gp. 2 strokes every 30 sec., if whistle disabled. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 428
1835 - 1933