Bush Bluff Lightship Station (VA)
Historical Light List Characteristics
1893 | Light 1: F W. W12. Light 2: F W. W12. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 426 |
1898 | Light 1: F W. Light 2: F W. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 514 |
1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 527 | |
1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 581 | |
1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 628 | |
1915 | Fl W 10s. 500 cp fl 3. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 825 |
1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 855 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
1893 | Reflector | Reflector | N/A | 45 | Two masts, schooner-rigged; mastheads white, with red cagework day-mark at each; hull red, with "BUSH BLUFF, No. 46" in large white letters and figures on each side. | Off Bush Bluff Shoal, E. side of river, Va. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 426 |
1898 | Lens lantern | Lens lantern | 57 | Two masts, schooner rigged; hull red, with "BUSH BLUFF" in white on each side. | In 24 feet of water, off Bush Bluff Shoal, E. side of river, Va. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 514 | |
1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 527 | ||||||
1905 | Two masts, schooner rigged; hull red, with "BUSH BLUFF" in white on each side; spars black. | In 24 feet of water, off Bush Bluff Shoal, easterly side of the Elizabeth River, Va. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 581 | ||||
1908 | 41 | Two masts, schooner rigged; red hull, with "BUSH BLUFF" in white on each side; black spars. | In 20 feet of water, off Bush Bluff Shoal, E'ly side of the Elizabeth River, Va., 1 mile 3° (N 1/4 E) from Craney Island Light-House. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 628 | |||
1915 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Red hull, "BUSH" in white on sides; one mast; gallery daymark and lantern at masthead. | In 5 fathoms, on east side of channel. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 825 | |
1917 | Red hull, "BUSH" in white on sides; one mast, gallery daymark and lantern at masthead. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 855 |
Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals
1893 | 12-inch steam whistle, blasts 5 sec., alternate silent intervals of 10 and 90 sec. | If whistle be disabled a bell will be rung by hand. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 426 |
1898 | Bell rung by hand. | None | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 514 |
1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 527 | ||
1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 581 | ||
1908 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 628 | ||
1915 | Bell; gp. 3 strokes every 15 sec. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 825 | |
1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 855 |
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1893 - 1918 (Marked by buoy 1911-1912.) |