Cornfield Point Lightship Station (CT)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1858 F W. W10. LHB Light List (US): 138
1860 LHB Light List (US): 126
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 126
1870 F W. W12. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 131
1878-1879 F R. R12. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 165
1886 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 173
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 181
1893 Oc W 15s. W123/4. ec 3. Electric. If, from any cause, the light cannot be shown from the mainmast, it will be shown with the same characteristics from the foremast head. Should the electric-light machinery become entirely inoperative, oil lights will be placed in one set of lens lanterns, and the characteristic of the light will be fixed white. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 243
1898 Light 1: Fl W 30s. W111/4. Light 2: F R. R111/4. Flashing light on foremast, and fixed light on main mast. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 280
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 287
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 308
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 326
1915 Light 1: Iso W 2s. W12 (480 cp). Light 2: F R. R11 (300 cp). Occulting light on foremast, and fixed light on mainmast. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 406
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 417
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 437
1927 Light 1: Iso W 2s. W13 (600 cp). Light 2: F R. R11 (300 cp). Occulting light on foremast, and fixed light on mainmast. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 451
1931 Iso W 2s. W12 (3,000 cp). Riding light; bow, fixed white 250 cp., 20 feet above water. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 434
1935 Iso W 2s. W12 (15,000 cp). Riding light; bow, fixed white 250 cp., 20 feet above water. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 506
1943 Iso W 2s. W13 (15,000 cp). Riding light; box, fixed white 250 cp., 20 feet above water. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 615
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1953 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 683
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Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1858 Reflector N/A N/A N/A One reflector light, fog-bell; sloop rigged; square cage day-mark, painted red; name painted on each quarter; moored in 71/2 fathoms water, about 1/8 mile from centre of the shoal. Off south side and near centre of Long sand shoal and Cornfield point, mouth of Connecticut river, in Long Island sound. LHB Light List (US): 138
1860 One reflector light; sloop rigged; square cage day-mark, painted red; name painted on each quarter; moored in 71/2 fathoms water, about 1/8 mile from centre of the shoal. LHB Light List (US): 126
1865-1866 One reflector light; sloop-rigged; square cage day-mark, painted red; name painted on each quarter; moored in 71/2 fathoms water, about 1/8 mile from centre of the shoal. Off south side and near centre of Long Sand shoal and Cornfield point, mouth of Connecticut river, in Long Island sound. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 126
1870 One reflector-light; sloop-rigged; square cage day-mark, painted red; name painted on each quarter; moored in 71/2 fathoms water, about 1/8 mile from centre of the shoal. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 131
1878 One reflector light; sloop-rigged; square cage day-mark, painted red; name painted on each side in large white letters; moored in 71/2 fathoms water, about one-eight mile from centre of the shoal. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 165
1879 One reflector light; sloop-rigged; square cage day-mark; painted red; name painted on each side in large white letters; moored in 71/2 fathoms water, about one-eighth mile from centre of the shoal.
1886 Schooner-rigged; black circular cage day-mark at each mast-head. Hull, red, with "CORNFIELD POINT" on each side in large white letters. Off Cornfield point, mouth of Connecticut river, Conn. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 173
1888 Off Cornfield Point, mouth of Connecticut River, Conn. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 181
1893 Lens lantern Steam light-vessel, two masts, schooner-rigged, and no bowsprit. Mastheads, black, and at each there is a circular iron gallery under the lens lanterns. Black smokestack and fog signal between the masts. Hull, red, with the words "CORNFIELD POINT LIGHT-VESSEL" in large white letters on each quarter and "No. 51" in large white figures on each bow. About midway of and 7/8 mile S. of Long Sand Shoal, off Cornfield Point, and to the southward and westward of the mouth of Connecticut River, Conn. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 243
1898 Reflector Reflector 37 Two masts, schooner-rigged, no bowsprit, black mastheads with black circular cagework day-mark at each. Hull, red, with "CORNFIELD POINT" in white on each side and "No. 48" in white on each bow. A black smokestack and the fog signal between the masts. Moored in 162 feet of water, about midway of and 7/8 mile S. of Long Sand Shoal, off Cornfield Point, and to the southward and westward of the mouth of Connecticut River, Conn. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 280
1899 Two masts, schooner rigged, no bowsprit, black mastheads with black circular cagework day-mark at each. Hull, red, with "CORNFIELD POINT" in white on each side and "No. 48" in white on each bow. A black smokestack and the fog signal between the masts. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 287
1905 Two masts, schooner rigged, no bowsprit, black mastheads with black, circular, cagework daymark at each. Hull, red, with "CORNFIELD POINT" in white on each side and "No. 48" in white on each bow. A black smokestack and the fog signal between the masts. Moored in 162 feet of water in Long Island Sound, about midway of and 7/8 mile S. of Long Sand Shoal, off Cornfield Point, and to the southward and westward of the mouth of Connecticut River, Conn. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 308
1908 Two masts, schooner rigged, no bowsprit, black mastheads with black, circular, cagework daymark at each; red hull, with "CORNFIELD POINT" in white on each side and "No. 48" in white on each bow; black smokestack and the fog signal between the masts. Moored in 162 feet of water, in Long Island Sound, about midway of and 7/8 mile S'ly of Long Sand Shoal, 23/4 miles 179° (S 1/16 E) from Cornfield Point, and to the S'd and W'd of the mouth of Connecticut River, Conn. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 326
1915 N/A N/A 43 Red hull; "CORNFIELD" on sides; two masts; red lantern above black, cylindrical, latticework daymark at foremasthead. In 27 fathoms, about midway of and 7/8 mile south of Long Sand Shoal. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 406
1917 Red hull, "CORNFIELD" on sides; two masts, red lantern above black, cylindrical, latticework daymark at foremasthead. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 417
1920 In 27 fathoms, about midway of and 7/8 mile south of Long Sand Shoal. (Conn.) USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 437
1927 In 27 fathoms, about midway of and 0.9 mile south of Long Sand Shoal. (Conn.) USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 451
1931 500 mm ei NA NA Red hull, "CORNFIELD" in white on sides; two red skeleton towers, black lantern gallery at top of each; light on fore tower. In 162 feet, midway of and 0.9 mile south of Long Sand Shoal. Conn. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 434
1935 375 mm ei In 162 feet, midway of and 0.9 mile south of Long Sand Shoal. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 506
1943 375 mm e Red hull, "CORNFIELD" in white on sides; one mast amidship. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 615
1945 Red hull, "CORNFIELD" in white on sides; one mast amidship. 2d-cl. tall nun station buoy lettered "LSC" 200 yards 0°.
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1953 N/A Red hull, "CORNFIELD" on sides; one mast amidship. 2d-cl. tall nun station buoy lettered "LSC" 200 yards 000° from lightship. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 683
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Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 Bell. None LHB Light List (US): 138
1860 Bell & horn. LHB Light List (US): 126
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 126
1870 A bell and horn. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 131
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 165
1886 Bell or horn. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 173
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 181
1893 12-inch steam whistle; blasts 3 sec., silent intervals 12 sec. If whistle be disabled a bell will be rung by hand. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 243
1898 10-inch steam whistle; blasts 3 sec., alternate silent intervals 1 and 30 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 280
1899 12-inch steam whistle; blasts 3 sec., alternate silent intervals 1 and 30 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 287
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 308
1908 If whistle be disabled the ship's bell will be struck by hand a single and a double blow alternately, intervals approximately 30 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 326
1915 1st-cl. air siren: Blast 2 sec. Silent 13 sec. Bell (hand) if whistle is disabled; 1 stroke, silent 30 sec., 2 strokes, silent 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 406
1917 Bell (hand) if whistle is disabled; 1 stroke, silent 30 sec., gp. 2 strokes, silent 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 417
1920 10-inch steam whistle: Blast 2 sec. Silent 13 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 437
1927 1st-cl. air siren: Blast 2 sec. Silent 13 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 451
1931 SIREN, 1st cl. air; blast 2 sec., silent 13 sec. Bell, hand, if siren disabled; 1 stroke, silent 30 sec., gp. 2 strokes, silent 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 434
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 506
1943 DIAPHONE, two-tone, air; blast 2 sec., silent 13 sec. Bell, hand, if diaphone disabled; 1 stroke, silent 30 sec., group of 2 strokes, silent 30 sec. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 615
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1950-1952
1953 DIAPHONE, two-tone; when operating, is synchronized with radiobeacon ev 3 minutes for distance finding. Bell, hand, if diaphone is disabled. USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 683
1954-1955 DIAPHONE, two-tone; when operating, is synchronized with radiobeacon ev 3 minutes for distance finding.
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Historical Light List Other Signals

1927 NoneSubmarine bell; gps. 4 and 8 strokes ("48") every 32 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 451
1931 SUBMARINE BELL; gps. 4 and 8 strokes 48 every 32 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 434
1935 SUBMARINE BELL; gps. 4 and 8 strokes "48" every 32 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 506
1943 RADIOBEACON: Transmits on 308 kc groups 4 dashes of varied tone () one high, two low, one high tones. DISTANCE-FINDING STATION. NoneUSCG Light List (Atlantic): 615
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1953-1955 RADIOBEACON: 308 kc (Code: ). USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 683
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1856 - 1892
1893 - 1957