Cape Henry (Virginia)
Historical Light List Characteristics
| 1839 | F W. W21. | USLHE Light List (US): 155 |
| 1849 | F W. W24. | USLHE Light List (US): 167 |
| 1858 | F W. W171/2. | LHB Light List (US): 210 |
| 1860 | LHB Light List (US): 193 | |
| 1865-1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 197 | |
| 1868 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 199 | |
| 1870 | F W. W18. Arc illuminated N. 80 W. by E'd to S. 19 E. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 210 |
| 1878 | F W. W17. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 269 |
| 1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 273 | |
| 1886 | F W. W183/4. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 314 |
| 1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 332 | |
| 1893 | F WR. W183/4, R183/4. Red sector between SW. by W. and SSE. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 423 |
| 1898 | F WR. W183/4, R183/4. Red sector between SSE. and SW. by W. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 511 |
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 524 | |
| 1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 573 | |
| 1908 | F WR. W183/4, R183/4. R1591/2°-2331/2°(74°), W2331/2°-1591/2°(286°). | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 617 |
| 1915 | F WR. W19, R19. R155°-233°(78°), W233°-155°(282°). | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 802 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 830 | |
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 855 | |
| 1927 | Mo(U) WR 20s. W19, R19. fl 1, ec 2, fl 1, ec 2, fl 7, ec 7. R155°-233°(78°), W233°-155°(282°). | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 920 |
| 1931 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1112 | |
| 1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1365 | |
| 1943 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 1808 | |
| 1945-1947 | ||
| 1950-1952 | ||
| 1953-1955 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 1890 | |
| 1957 | ||
| 1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 2215 | |
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2215 | |
| 1963 | ||
| 1965 | ||
| 1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 152 | |
| 1969-1970 | ||
| 1972-1974 | ||
| 1976 | Mo(U) WR 20s. W17, R15. fl 1, ec 2, fl 1, ec 2, fl 7, ec 7. R154°-233°(79°), W233°-154°(281°). | |
| 1978 | ||
| 1982 | ||
| 1987 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 125 | |
| 1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 365 | |
| 1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 370 | |
| 2004 |
Historical Light List Optics and Structures
| 1839 | 15 Lamps / 15" Refl. | 72 | 129 | N/A | USLHE Light List (US): 155 |
| 1849 | 18 Lamps / 21" Refl. | 120 | USLHE Light List (US): 167 | ||
| 1858 | 2nd | 82 | 129 | LHB Light List (US): 210 | |
| 1860 | LHB Light List (US): 193 | ||||
| 1865 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 197 | ||||
| 1866 | |||||
| 1868 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 199 | ||||
| 1870 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 210 | ||||
| 1878 | Stone tower, white; lantern, dark brown. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 269 | |||
| 1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 273 | ||||
| 1886 | 1st | 152 | 160 | Octagonal tower; the base, service-room, and lantern, black; the shaft colored on each face, half white and half black, alternating, so that the upper and lower halves of the faces show alternately black and white. Dwellings and fog-signal house stand near. Old tower bears S. W., distant 340 feet, and will remain as a day-mark. | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 314 |
| 1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 332 | ||||
| 1893 | 157 | Octagonal tower; base, service room, and lantern, black; shaft colored on each face, half white and half black, alternating, so that upper and lower halves of faces show alternately black and white. Dwellings and fog-signal house stand near. Old tower, SW., 340 feet. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 423 | ||
| 1898 | Octagonal tower; base, service room, and lantern, black; shaft colored on each face, half white and half black, alternating, so that upper and lower halves of faces show alternately black and white. Dwellings and fog-signal house stand near. Old tower, SW. by W., 340 feet. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 511 | |||
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 524 | ||||
| 1905 | Octagonal tower; base, service room, and lantern, black; shaft colored on each face, half white and half black, alternating, so that upper and lower halves of faces show alternately black and white. Dwellings and fog-signal house stand near. Old tower, 340 feet SW. by W. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 573 | |||
| 1908 | Octagonal tower; black base, service room, and lantern; shaft colored on each face, half white and half black, alternating, so that upper and lower halves of faces show alternately black and white; dwellings and fog-signal house near; unused tower, 340 feet 238° (SW by W 1/8 W); high white sands in the vicinity. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 617 | |||
| 1915 | N/A | 163 | Octagonal, pyramidal tower; upper and lower half of each face alternately black and white. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 802 | |
| 1917 | 165 | Octagonal pyramidal tower; upper and lower half of each face alternately black and white. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 830 | ||
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 855 | ||||
| 1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 920 | ||||
| 1931 | 1 ei | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1112 | |||
| 1935 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1365 | ||||
| 1943 | 1 e | 170 | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 1808 | ||
| 1945-1947 | |||||
| 1950-1952 | |||||
| 1953-1955 | N/A | 163 | 164 | Octagonal pyramidal tower, upper and lower half of each face alternately black and white. | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 1890 |
| 1957 | |||||
| 1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 2215 | ||||
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2215 | ||||
| 1963 | |||||
| 1965 | |||||
| 1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 152 | ||||
| 1969-1970 | |||||
| 1972-1973 | |||||
| 1974 | Octagonal pyramidal tower, [upper] and lower half of each face alternately black and white. | ||||
| 1976 | |||||
| 1978 | |||||
| 1982 | Octagonal pyramidal tower, upper and lower half of each face alternately black and white. | ||||
| 1987 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 125 | ||||
| 1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 365 | ||||
| 1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 370 | ||||
| 2004 |
Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals
| 1858 | None | None | LHB Light List (US): 210 |
| 1860 | LHB Light List (US): 193 | ||
| 1865-1866 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 197 | ||
| 1868 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 199 | ||
| 1870 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 210 | ||
| 1878 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 269 | ||
| 1879 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 273 | ||
| 1886 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 314 | ||
| 1888 | LHB Light List (All Coasts): 332 | ||
| 1893 | 1st-class steam siren; blasts 5 sec., silent intervals 90 sec. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 423 | |
| 1898 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 511 | ||
| 1899 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 524 | ||
| 1905 | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 573 | ||
| 1908 | 6-inch compressed-air siren; blasts 5 sec., silent intervals 90 sec. | If the compressed-air siren be disabled the steam siren will be sounded with the same characteristic. | LHB Light List (Atlantic): 617 |
| 1915 | 1st-cl. air siren: blast 4 sec., silent 41 sec. | None | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 802 |
| 1917 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 830 | ||
| 1920 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 855 | ||
| 1927 | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 920 | ||
| 1931 | OSCILLATOR, air: Gp. of 2 blasts followed by 2 single blasts every 60 sec. blast 3 sec., silent 3 sec., blast 3 sec., silent 15 sec., blast 3 sec., silent 15 sec., blast 3 sec., silent 15 sec. | Siren, blast 3 sec. silent 17 sec. if oscillator disabled. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1112 |
| 1935 | OSCILLATOR, air: Blast 3 sec., silent 17 sec., repeated for 2 minutes. Every third minute signal is blast 1 sec., silent 1 sec., blast 5 sec. following a silence of 53 sec. | Siren, blast 3 sec. silent 17 sec., if oscillator disabled. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1365 |
| 1943 | DIAPHONES, 2, air: Horns point 77° and 333°, blast 2 sec., silent 18 sec. | Siren, blast 2 sec. silent 18 sec., if diaphone disabled. | USCG Light List (Atlantic): 1808 |
| 1945-1947 | None | ||
| 1950-1952 | |||
| 1953 | DIAPHONES (2): when operating, are synchronized with radiobeacon ev 3 minutes for distance finding. Horns point 77° and 333°. | USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 1890 | |
| 1954-1955 | DIAPHONES (2): when operating, are synchronized with radiobeacon ev 3 minutes for distance finding. Horns point 77° and 333°. | ||
| 1957 | |||
| 1959-1960 | USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 2215 | ||
| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2215 | ||
| 1963 | DIAPHONES (2): 1 blast ev 20s (2sbl). Horns point 77° and 333°. | ||
| 1965 | |||
| 1966 | HORN, diaphragm; gp of 2 blasts ev 30s (1.5sbl-2ssi-1.5sbl-25ssi). Horns point 77° and 333°. | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 152 | |
| 1969-1970 | HORN, diaphragm; 2 blasts ev 30s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-24ssi). | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1973-1974 | HORN, 2 blasts ev 30s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-24ssi). | ||
| 1976 | HORN: 2 bl ev 30s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-24ssi). | ||
| 1978 | |||
| 1982 | HORN: 2 bl ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si). | ||
| 1987 | None | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 125 | |
| 1990-1992 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 365 | ||
| 1993-1996 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 370 | ||
| 2004 |
Historical Light List Other Signals
| 1927 | Radiobeacon: Sounds every 180 sec.; gps. of 2 dots and 1 dash for 60 sec., silent 120 sec. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 920 |
| 1931 | RADIOBEACON: Transmits gps. of 1 dash, 1 dot and 1 dash. | USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1112 |
| 1935 | RADIOBEACON: Transmits gps. of   . |
USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1365 |
| 1943 | RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 290 kc, groups of dash, dot, dash (). Antenna lead-in 310 feet 38° from light tower. DISTANCE-FINDING STATION. |
USCG Light List (Atlantic): 1808 |
| 1945-1947 | ||
| 1950-1951 | RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 290 kc, groups of dash, dot, dash (). Antenna lead-in 310 feet 38° from light tower. DISTANCE-FINDING STATION. Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (304 and 480 kHz, F2  , Special fixed white light of 100 cp. displayed at north center of light tower during calibration, visible from 90° to 270°.). |
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| 1952 | RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 290 kc, groups of dash, dot, dash (). Antenna lead-in 240 feet 326° from light tower. DISTANCE-FINDING STATION. Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (304 and 480 kHz, F2 , Special fixed white light of 100 cp. displayed at north center of light tower during calibration, visible from 90° to 270°.). |
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| 1953-1955 | RADIOBEACON: 290 kc (Code: ). Antenna 80 yards 326° from light tower. Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (304 and 480 kHz, F2 , Special fixed white light of 100 cp. displayed at north center of light tower during calibration, visible from 90° to 270°.). |
USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 1890 |
| 1957 | ||
| 1959 | RADIOBEACON: 290 kc (Code: ). Antenna 80 yards 326° from light tower. Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (480kHz, F2 , Special fixed white light of 100 cp. displayed at north center of light tower during calibration, visible from 90° to 270°.). |
USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 2215 |
| 1960 | RADIOBEACON: 290 kc (Code: ). Antenna 80 yards 326° from light tower. Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (480kHz, F2 , Special fixed white light of 100 cp displayed at north center of light tower during calibration, visible from 90° to 270°.). |
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| 1961 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 2215 | |
| 1963 | RADIOBEACON: Antenna 80 yards 326° from light tower. Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (480kHz, F2 , Special fixed white light of 100 cp displayed at north center of light tower during calibration, visible from 90° to 270°.). |
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| 1965 | RADIOBEACON: Antenna 80 yards 326° from light tower. Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (310 and 480 kHz, , Special fixed white light of 100 cp displayed at north center of light tower during calibration, visible from 90° to 270°.). |
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| 1966 | USCG Light List - Vol. I: 152 | |
| 1969-1970 | ||
| 1972-1974 | RADIOBEACON: Antenna 80 yards 326° from light tower. Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (310 and 480 kHz, , Special fixed white light of 100 cp displayed at north center of light tower during calibration, visible from 090° to 270°.). |
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| 1976 | RBN: 298 kHz ()IV. Antenna 80 yards 326° from light tower. Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (310 and 480 kHz, , Special fixed white light of 100 cp displayed at north center of light tower during calibration, visible from 090° to 270°.). |
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| 1978 | RBN: 298 kHz ()IV. Antenna 80 yards 326° from light tower. Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (306 and 480 kHz, F2 , Special fixed white light of 100 cp displayed at north center of light tower during calibration, visible from 090° to 270°.). |
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| 1982 | RBN: 298 kHz CB()IV. Antenna 80 yards 326° from light tower. Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (306 and 480 kHz, F2 , Special fixed white light of 100 cp displayed at north center of light tower during calibration, visible from 090° to 270°.). |
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| 1987 | RBN:298 KHz CB ()IV. Antenna 80 yards 326° from light tower. Special Radio Direction Finder Calibration Service (306 and 480 kHz, F2 , Special fixed white light of 100 cp displayed at north center of light tower during calibration visible from 090° to 270°.). |
USCG Light List - Vol. II: 125 |
| 1990 | RBN:298 KHz CB ()IV. Antenna 80 yards 326° from light tower. |
USCG Light List - Vol. II: 365 |
| 1991 | 298 kHz, IV. CB (). Antenna 80 yards, 326° from light tower. |
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| 1992 | FREQ: 289 kHz. CB (). Antenna 80 yards, 326° from Cape Henry Light. |
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| 1993-1995 | USCG Light List - Vol. II: 370 | |
| 1996 | None | |
| 2004 |
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