Fourteen Foot Bank Lightship Station (DE)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1878 Light 1: F W. W101/2. Light 2: F W. W101/2. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 243
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 245
1886 Light 1: F W. W113/4. Light 2: F W. W101/2. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 273

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1878 Reflector Reflector N/A 29 Two reflector lights, one at foremast head, the other on mainmast, about half-mast high. Vessel painted straw color, with the words "Fourteen-foot Bank" in large black letters on each side, and "19" on each quarter. Two red hoop-iron day-marks, one at each masthead; moored in 6 fathoms water. About 700 yards east of shoal called the "Fourteen-foot Bank." LHB Light List (All Coasts): 243
1879 Two reflector lights, one at foremast-head, the other on mainmast, about half-mast high. Vessel painted straw-color, with the words "Fourteen-foot Bank" in large black letters on each side, and "19" on each quarter. A red hoop-iron day-mark at each mast-head; moored in 6 fathoms water. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 245
1886 Two masts, schooner-rigged. Red hoop-iron day-mark at each mast-head., Hull, straw-color, with the words "FOURTEEN-FOOT BANK" in large black leters on each side. About 700 yards E. of Fourteen-foot Bank shoal, N. J. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 273

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1878 A bell and horn. None LHB Light List (All Coasts): 243
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 245
1886 Bell and horn. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 273
1876 - 1886