Owls Head (Maine)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1839 F W. USLHE Light List (US): 12
1849 F W. W15.
1858 F W. W16. LHB Light List (US): 26
1860 LHB Light List (US): 21
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 21
1868
1870 F W. W15. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 22
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 28
1886 F W. W16. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 26
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 28
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 33
1898-1899 F W. W153/4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 34
1905
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 35
1915 F W. W16. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 39
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 41
1920
1927 F W. W16. Obscured 324°-354°(30°).
1931
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 43
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 52
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 66
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 146
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 151
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 151
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 262
1969-1979
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4230
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4035
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4105
2004

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1839 8 Lamps / 15" Refl. 15 147 N/A USLHE Light List (US): 12
1849 117
1858 4th 19 100 LHB Light List (US): 26
1860 LHB Light List (US): 21
1865 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 21
1866
1868
1870 Tower of brick, whitewashed; detached from keeper's dwelling. Dwelling a one and a half story wooden building, painted brown. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 22
1878 105 Tower of brick, whitewashed; detached from keeper's dwelling. Dwelling a one and a half story house, painted brown. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 28
1879 Tower of brick, whitewashed; detached from dwelling. Dwelling a one and a half story house, painted white.
1886 White tower, detached from a white dwelling. Fog-signal house on bluff, 100 feet N.E. of light-house. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 26
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 28
1893 20 White tower, detached from a white dwelling. Fog-signal house on bluff, 100 feet NE. of light-house. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 33
1898-1899 19 991/2 White tower, detached from a white dwelling. Fog-signal house on bluff, 100 feet NE. of light tower. Red brick oil house 82 feet S. by W. of light tower. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 34
1905 White tower, detached from a white dwelling. Fog-signal house on bluff, 100 feet E. by S. of light-tower. Red brick oil house 82 feet S. by W. of light tower. Covered way extends 60 feet down hill from tower.
1908 White tower, detached from a white dwelling; fog-signal house on bluff, 100 feet E'ly and red-brick oilhouse 82 feet S'ly of light-tower; covered way connects tower with dwelling. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 35
1915 N/A 24 100 White; tower, coveredway to dwelling. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 39
1917 26 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 41
1920
1927
1931 4 ei White tower, covered way to dwelling.
1935 White tower. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 43
1940 4 e N/A USCG Light List (Atlantic): 52
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 66
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 146
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 151
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 151
1963-1965
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 262
1969-1979
1982
1987 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4230
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4035
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4105
2004

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 Fog-bell struck by machinery. None LHB Light List (US): 26
1860 Bell LHB Light List (US): 21
1865-1866 None LHB Light List (All Coasts): 21
1868
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 22
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 28
1886 Bell struck by machinery ever 15 sec. If machinery of fog-bell be disabled, a bell will be rung by hand LHB Light List (All Coasts): 26
1888 If machinery of fog-bell be disabled, a bell will be rung by hand. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 28
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 33
1898-1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 34
1905 If machinery of fog-bell be disabled a bell will be rung by hand.
1908 Bell struck by machinery a single blow every 15 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 35
1915 Bell; 1 stroke every 15 sec. None USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 39
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 41
1920
1927 Bell (1,200-lb.); 1 stroke every 15 sec.
1931 BELL; 1 stroke every 15 sec.
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 43
1940 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 52
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 66
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 BELL: 1 stroke ev 15s. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 146
1957 SIREN: 1 blast ev 15s. BELL: 1 stroke ev 15s, if siren is disabled.
1959-1960 SIREN: 1 blast ev 15s (1.5sbl). USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 151
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 151
1963-1965 None
1966 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 262
1969-1972 HORN: diaphragm 2 blast ev 20s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-14ssi).
1973 HORN: 2 blasts ev 20s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-14ssi).
1974-1975 HORN, 2 blasts ev 20s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-14ssi).
1976-1979 HORN: 2 blasts ev 20s (2sbl-2ssi-2sbl-14ssi).
1982 HORN: 2 blasts ev 20s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-14s si).
1987 HORN: 2 blast ev 20s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-14s si). USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4230
1990-1992 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4035
1993-1996 USCG Light List - Vol. I: 4105
2004 HORN: 2 blast ev 20s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-14s si).
1826 - Present (Exact location of current 1852 lighthouse. Location of original 1826 lighthouse is assumed to be close.)