Baker's Island (Northwestern) (Massachusetts)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1839 F W. W27. USLHE Light List (US): 35
1849 F W. W20. USLHE Light List (US): 38
1858 F W. W13. LHB Light List (US): 59
1860 LHB Light List (US): 52
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 52
1868
1870 F W. W14. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 55
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 69
1886 F W. W131/2.
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 71
1893 F W. W151/4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 79
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 91
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 93
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 96
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 100
1915 F W. W12. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 114
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 121
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 122

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1839 14 Lamps / 15" Refl. 25 811/2 N/A USLHE Light List (US): 35
1849 15 Lamps / 16" Refl. 461/4 USLHE Light List (US): 38
1858 4th 29 64 Tower octagonal, built of rough stone; lantern black. 40 feet apart, S.E. and N.W. [from other tower]. LHB Light List (US): 59
1860 Tower octagonal. 40 feet apart, S.E. and N.W. [from other tower]. LHB Light List (US): 52
1865-1866 Tower octagonal, lantern red. Bell-tower red, and stands north of the eastern tower. 40 feet apart, SE. and NW. [from other tower]. [Shared structure between towers.] LHB Light List (All Coasts): 52
1868
1870 Tower octagonal, lantern red. Bell frame painted red, and stands north of the eastern light-house. 40 feet apart, SE. and NW. [from other tower]. [Shared structure between towers.] LHB Light List (All Coasts): 55
1878-1879 Low octagonal tower; white, and 40 feet apart [from other tower], ranging SE. and NW. Lantern, red; covered way, brown, 64 feet long, to one and a half story brown house. Bell-tower red, and stands north of the eastern tower. [Shared structures between towers.] LHB Light List (All Coasts): 69
1886 White tower, 40 feet apart [from other tower], ranging S.E. and N.W.; lantern, red. Octagonal, low tower, connected with a white dwelling by a covered way, 64 feet long. White bell tower stands N. of S.E. tower. [Shared structures between towers.]
1888 White tower, 40 feet apart [from other tower], ranging S.E. and N.W.; lantern, black. Octagonal, low tower, connected with a white dwelling by a covered way, 64 feet long. White bell tower stands north of southeast tower. [Shared structures between towers.] LHB Light List (All Coasts): 71
1893 341/2 991/4 White tower [40 feet NW. of other tower]; lantern, black. Low octagonal pyramidal tower, connected with a white dwelling by a covered way, 64 feet long. White bell tower stands N. of SE. tower. [Shared structures between towers.] LHB Light List (Atlantic): 79
1898 911/4 White tower [40 feet NW. of other tower]; lantern, black. Low octagonal pyramidal tower, connected with a white dwelling by a covered way, 64 feet long. White bell tower stands N. of SE. tower. Red brick oil house 320 feet W. by N. from the northwesterly tower. [Shared structures between towers.] LHB Light List (Atlantic): 91
1899 White tower (40 feet NW. of other tower); lantern, black. Low octagonal pyramidal tower, connected with a white dwelling by a covered way, 64 feet long. White bell tower stands N. of SE. tower. Red brick oil house 320 feet W. by N. from the northwesterly tower. (Shared structures between towers.) LHB Light List (Atlantic): 93
1905 White tower [40 feet NW. of other tower]; lantern, black. Low octagonal pyramidal tower, connected with a white dwelling by a covered way, 64 feet long. White bell tower stands N. of southeasterly tower. White brick oil house 320 feet W. by N. from the northwesterly tower. [Shared structures between towers.] LHB Light List (Atlantic): 96
1908 White tower [40 feet 315° (NW) of other tower]; black lantern; low octagonal pyramid tower, connected with a white dwelling by a covered way 64 feet long; white bell tower, and red-brick fog-signal house 60 feet N'ly from SE'ly light-tower; white-brick oilhouse 320 feet and gray-stone oilhouse about 335 feet W'ly from NW'ly light-tower. [40 feet 315° (NW) of other tower]. [Shared structures between towers.] LHB Light List (Atlantic): 100
1915 N/A 40 91 White tower; low octagonal pyramid; coveredway to white dwelling. [Shared structure between towers.] USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 114
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 121
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 122

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1858 Bell [shared] None LHB Light List (US): 59
1860 LHB Light List (US): 52
1865-1866 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 52
1868
1870 A bell [shared] LHB Light List (All Coasts): 55
1878-1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 69
1886 Bell [shared] struck by machinery, a double and single blow alternately, with intervals of 30 sec.
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 71
1893 Bell [shared] struck by machinery, a single and double blow alternately, intervals of 30 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 79
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 91
1899 Bell (shared) struck by machinery, a single and double blow alternately, intervals of 30 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 93
1905 Bell [shared] struck by machinery, a single and double blow alternately, intervals of 30 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 96
1908 1st-class compressed-air siren [shared], blasts 3 sec., silent intervals 27 sec. If siren be disabled a bell will be struck by machinery a single and a double blow alternately, intervals 20 sec. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 100
1915 1st-cl. air siren [shared]: blasts 3 sec., silent 27 sec. Bell, if siren is disabled: 1 stroke, silent 30 sec.; 2 strokes, silent 30 sec. None USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 114
1917 1st-cl. air siren [shared]: blasts 3 sec., silent 27 sec. Bell, if siren is disabled: 1 stroke, silent 30 sec.; gp. 2 strokes, silent 30 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 121
1920 1st-cl. air siren [shared]: blasts 3 sec., silent 27 sec. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 122
1798 - 1926 (Light tower was 40 apart 315° northwest of other southeastern tower.)