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Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse
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| Courtesy of the National Archives |
Established: 1901
Lighthouse Constructed: 1901
Automated: 1964
Original Illuminating Apparatus: Fifth Order Fresnel Lens
Second Illuminating Apparatus: Fourth Order Fresnel Lens
Third Illuminating
Apparatus: 250-mm lens
Current Illuminating
Apparatus: VLB-44 (LED)
Height: 60 feet
Status: Active Aid to Navigation
Light Characteristic:
Fixed White (1906)
Light Characteristic: Isosphase White every 6 seconds (2005)
Light Characteristic: Isosphase White every 6 seconds (2005)
Range:
12½ miles (1906)
Range: 12½ miles (1906)
Range: 13 miles (1953)
Range: 12½ miles (1906)
Range: 13 miles (1953)
Fog Signal: Compressed Air Siren (1912)
Fog Signal: Electric Siren (1953)
Fog Signal: Electric Siren (1953)
Fog Signal Characteristic: Siren Blast for 3 Seconds (1912)
Fog Signal Characteristic: Silent for 10 Seconds
Fog Signal Characteristic: Siren Blast for 3 Seconds
Fog Signal Characteristic: Silent for 10 Seconds
Fog Signal Characteristic: Silent for 10 Seconds
Fog Signal Characteristic: Siren Blast for 3 Seconds
Fog Signal Characteristic: Silent for 10 Seconds