Record Group # RG 0775
Subgroup # 000
Series # 001
Name of Department: U. S. Lighthouse Board
Earliest Date of Material:
1891
Latest Date of Material:
1902
Quantity of Materials:
1.26 cf
Genealogical and historical description:
Primarily copies of “List of Beacons, Buoys and Day-Marks” and “List of Light and Fog Signals”, publications describing these mariners’ aids for the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.
Scope and Contents:
The forty-one “List of Beacons, Buoys and Day-Marks”, 1891-1902, are for the first through the eighth Lighthouse Districts. There is only one booklet for the Fourth Lighthouse District, the district which includes Delaware. Each booklet shows the year of publication by the government Printing Office, location of the district, explanation of the list, laws for the protection of aids to navigation, and lists of the beacons and buoys in the lighthouse district. The lists show the area covered, number of the Coast and Geodetic Survey charts, sailing directions, name of station or locality of aid, color of aid, number if a buoy, description of mark or aid, compass bearings and distances of prominent objects from the aid, depth at lowest tides, and general remarks.
“List of Beacons” arranged by district number and then chronologically by date of publication. “Lists of Lights” arranged chronologically by date of publication.
Arrangement of Material:
Alphabetical by names of bodies of water and waterways.
