Montauk Point (New York)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1839 F W. W28. USLHE Light List (US): 103
1849 F W. W26. USLHE Light List (US): 108
1858 FFl W 120s. F20, Fl20. LHB Light List (US): 123
1860 LHB Light List (US): 111
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 111
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 112
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 116
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 148
1886 FFl W 120s. F191/4, Fl191/4. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 155
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 162
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 176
1898 FFl W 120s. F19, Fl19. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 209
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 214
1905 Fl W 10s. W19. fl 0.9. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 229
1908 Fl W 10s. W19. fl 0.4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 244
1915 Fl W 10s. W19. fl 0.5. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 315
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 327
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 346
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 352
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 622
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 735
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 726
1943 Fl W 10s. W19. fl 0.7. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 931
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 602
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 652
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 652
1963-1965 Fl W 5s. W19. fl 0.1.
1966 Fl W 5s. W19. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 85
1969-1979
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 650
1990-1992 Fl W 5s. W24. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 670
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 660
2004 Fl W 5s. W18.

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1839 13 Lamps / 18" Refl N/A N/A N/A USLHE Light List (US): 103
1849 15 Lamps / 9" Refl. 80 160 USLHE Light List (US): 108
1858 1st 85 LHB Light List (US): 123
1860 LHB Light List (US): 111
1865-1866 97 172 Keeper's dwelling on hill adjoining tower-painted brown. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 111
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 112
1870 A stone tower; keeper's dwelling, painted brown, on hill adjoining the tower. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 116
1878-1879 991/2 1691/2 A stone tower. Keeper's dwelling, painted brown, on hill adjoining the tower. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 148
1886 97 White tower; brown dwelling on hill nearby. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 155
1888 991/2 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 162
1893 97 White tower; white dwelling on hill near by. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 176
1898 1681/4 White tower; white dwelling on hill near by. Fog-signal building about 100 feet easterly of tower. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 209
1899 White tower, with a brown band about midway of its height; white dwelling on hill near by. Fog-signal building about 100 feet easterly of tower. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 214
1905 White tower with a brown band about midway of its height; white dwelling on hill near by. Fog-signal building about 100 feet easterly of tower. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 229
1908 31/2 iov White tower with a brown band about midway of its height; white dwelling on hill near by; fog-signal building about 100 feet E'ly of tower. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 244
1915 N/A 108 168 White; octagonal, pyramidal tower, brown band midway of height; coveredway to white dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 315
1917 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, brown band midway of height; coveredway to white dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 327
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 346
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 352
1931 31/2 iov White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, brown band midway of height; covered way to white dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 622
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 735
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 726
1943 31/2 e USCG Light List (Atlantic): 931
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 N/A White octagonal, pyramidal tower, brown band midway of height, covered way to white dwelling. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 602
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 652
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 652
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 85
1969-1973
1974-1979 White octagonal, pyramidal tower. Brown band midway of height, covered way to white dwelling.
1982
1987 White octagonal, pyramidal tower. Brown band midway of height, covered way to grey dwelling. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 650
1990 N/A White octagonal, pyramidal tower. Brown band midway of height, covered way to gray dwelling. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 670
1991-1992 White octagonal, pyramidal tower with brown band midway of height, covered way to gray dwelling.
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 660
2004

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 None None LHB Light List (US): 123
1860 LHB Light List (US): 111
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 111
1868 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 112
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 116
1878 A 1st-class Daboll trumpet, operated by hot-air engine, giving blast of 12 seconds at intervals of 50 seconds. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 148
1879 A 1st-order Daboll trumpet, operated by hot-air engine, giving blast of 12 seconds at intervals of 50 seconds.
1886 1st-class Daboll trumpet; blasts 12 sec., intervals 50 sec. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 155
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 162
1893 1st-class Daboll trumpet; blasts 12 sec., silent intervals 50 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 176
1898 1st-class siren (compressed air); blasts 3 sec., alternate silent intervals 3 and 21 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 209
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 214
1905 1st-class compressed air siren; blasts 3 sec., alternate silent intervals 3 and 21 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 229
1908 1st-class compressed-air siren; blasts 3 sec., silent intervals alternately 3 and 21 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 244
1915 1st-cl. air siren; gp. 2 blasts every 40 sec.: 1st blast 3 sec., silent 3 sec., 2d blast 3 sec., silent 31 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 315
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 327
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 346
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 352
1931 SIREN, 1st cl. air; gp. 2 blasts every 40 sec.: blast 3 sec., silent 3 sec., blast 3 sec., silent 31 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 622
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 735
1940 HORN, diaphragm, air; (2) horns points 30° and 140°, blast 2 sec., silent 13 sec., alternately. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 726
1943 HORN, diaphragm, air; (2) horns points 30° and 140°, blast 2 sec., silent 13 sec., alternately. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 931
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953 HORN, diaphragm; two horns point 030° and 140°; when operating, is synchronized with radiobeacon ev 3 minutes for distance finding. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 602
1954-1955 HORN, diaphragm; two horns point 030° and 140°; when operating, is synchronized with radiobeacon ev 3 minutes for distance finding.
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 652
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 652
1963-1965 HORN, diaphragm; 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl). Two horns, point 030° and 140°.
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 85
1969-1970
1971-1972 HORNS, diaphragm (2); 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl). Horns directed on bearings 030° and 140°.
1973-1974 HORN, (2); 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl). Horns directed on bearings 030° and 140°.
1975 HORN, (2); 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl).
1976-1979 HORN: (2); 1 blast ev 15s (2sbl).
1982 HORN: (2) 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl).
1987 HORN: (2) 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 650
1990-1992 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 670
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 660
2004 HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl).

Historical Light List Other Signals

1927 None USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 352
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 622
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 735
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 726
1943 RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 306 kc, groups of dash, dot, 2 dashes (). DISTANCE-FINDING STATION. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 931
1945 RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 306 kc, groups of dash, dot, 2 dashes (). Antenna lead-in at light tower. DISTANCE-FINDING STATION.
1946 RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 306 kc, groups of dash, dot, 2 dashes, (). Antenna lead-in at light tower. DISTANCE-FINDING STATION.
1947 RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 306 kc., groups of dash, dot, 2 dashes, (). Antenna lead-in at side of light tower. DISTANCE-FINDING STATION.
1950-1952
1953-1955 RADIOBEACON: 306 kc (Code: ). Antenna at side of light tower. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 602
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 652
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 652
1963 RADIOBEACON: Antenna at side of light tower. Distance finding station.
1964-1965 RADIOBEACON: 306 kc (Code:). Antenna at side of light tower. Distance finding station.
1966 RADIOBEACON: Antenna at side of light tower. Distance finding station. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 85
1969-1973 RADIOBEACON: 306 kc (Code:). Antenna at side of light tower. Distance finding station.
1974 RADIOBEACON: 306 kc (Code:). Antenna at side of light tower.
1975-1978 RBN: 306 kHz () VI. Antenna at side of light tower.
1979 RBN: 306 kHz Y () VI. Antenna at side of light tower.
1982 RBN: 286 kHz MP () III. Antenna 690 yards 227° from light.
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 650
1990 RBN: 286 kHz MP () III. Antenna 690 yards, 227° from light. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 670
1991 286 kHz, III. MP (). Antenna 690 yards, 227° from light.
1992 FREQ: 286 kHz, III. MP (). Antenna 690 yards, 227° from light.
1993-1995 FREQ: 293 kHz. MP (). Antenna 690 yards, 227° from light. USCG Light List - Vol. I: 660
1996 None
2004
1797 - Present