Plymouth (Northwest) (Massachusetts)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1839 F W. W15. USLHE Light List (US): 38
1849 F W. W18. USLHE Light List (US): 41
1858 F W. W15. LHB Light List (US): 68
1860 LHB Light List (US): 60
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 60
1868
1870 F W. W17. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 62
1878-1879 F W. W6. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 80
1886 F W. W153/4. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 81
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 84
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 94
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 119
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 122
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 132
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 138
1915 F W. W16. Obscured 328°-351°(23°). USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 173
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 181
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 186

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1839 6 Lamps / 9" Refl. 22 90 N/A USLHE Light List (US): 38
1849 8 Lamps / 15" Refl. 28 USLHE Light List (US): 41
1858 6th 33 93 Octagonal wooden tower. 31 feet apart [from other tower], N.W. & S.E. LHB Light List (US): 68
1860 LHB Light List (US): 60
1865-1866 Octagonal wooden tower. 31 feet apart [from other tower], NW. and SE. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 60
1868 Octagonal wooden tower, 31 feet apart from other tower, NW. and SE.
1870 34 102 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 62
1878 Octagonal wooden tower. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 80
1879 4th Octagonal wooden tower, 31 feet apart from other tower, ranging NW. and SE., connected by covered way. Two-story wooden dwelling, white. [Shared structure between towers.]
1886 35 N/A White octagonal tower, 31 feet apart from other tower, ranging N.W. and S.E. and connected by a covered way; lantern, black; dwelling, white. [Shared structure between towers.] LHB Light List (All Coasts): 81
1888 N/A LHB Light List (All Coasts): 84
1893 24 1021/4 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, connected [to other tower, 31 feet apart] by covered way; lantern, black; dwelling, white, with green blinds. [Shared structure between towers.] LHB Light List (Atlantic): 94
1898 34 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, connected by covered way [to other tower, 31 feet apart]; lantern, black; dwelling, white, with green blinds. White oil house about 90 feet SW. by W. from south tower. [Shared structures between towers.] LHB Light List (Atlantic): 119
1899 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, connected by covered way (to other tower, 31 feet apart); lantern, black; dwelling, white, with green blinds. White oil house about 90 feet SW. by W. and white signal mast, 65 feet high, 264 feet NE. by E. from south tower. (Shared structures between towers.) LHB Light List (Atlantic): 122
1905 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, connected by covered way [to other tower, 31 feet apart]; lantern, black; dwelling, white, with green blinds. White oil house about 90 feet SW. by W. and white signal mast, 65 feet high, 264 feet NE. by E. from southerly tower. [Shared structures between towers.] LHB Light List (Atlantic): 132
1908 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, connected by covered way [to other tower, 31 feet apart]; black lantern; dwelling, white, with green blinds; white fuelhouse 62 feet W'ly of N'ly tower; white oilhouse about 90 feet SW'ly, white signal mast, 65 feet high, 264 feet NE'ly from S'ly tower. [Shared structures between towers.] LHB Light List (Atlantic): 138
1915 N/A 39 102 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower, connected [to other tower, 10 yards apart] by coveredway; white dwelling. [Shared structure between towers.] USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 173
1917 White, octagonal, pyramidal tower connected [to other tower, 10 yards 303° apart] by coveredway; white dwelling. [Shared structure between towers.] USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 181
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 186

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 None None LHB Light List (US): 68
1860 LHB Light List (US): 60
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 60
1868
1870 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 62
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 80
1886 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 81
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 84
1893 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 94
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 119
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 122
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 132
1908 1,200-pound bell [shared] struck by machinery a double blow every 30 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 138
1915 1st-cl. reed horn [shared]: blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec. Bell (1,200 lb.); if horn is disabled, 2 strokes every 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 173
1917 1st-cl. reed horn [shared]: blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec. Bell (1,200 lb.); if horn is disabled, gp. 2 strokes every 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 181
1920 1st-cl. reed horn [shared]: blast 3 sec., silent 12 sec. Bell (1,200 lb.); if horn is disabled, gp. 2 strokes every 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 186
1768 - 1923 (Approximate location of 1843 lighthouse. Locations for original 1768, 1801, and 1803 lighthouses are assumed to be close.)