Port Jefferson Light Station (New York)

District:	3rd
Inspector:	C. C. Luther
Location:	On Breadwater
Date of Report:	06/07/1928
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Site:	Station is located on breakwater
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site:	560 sq. ft.
Area Inclosed:	560 sq. ft.
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark:	15 out
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises:	No.
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station:	Boat or on foot,
Distance to Nearest Road:	About 3 miles
Distance to Post Office:
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern:	40 ft. standard steel tower
Number of Separate Lights:	1
First Built or Established:	1896
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:	1926
Condition at This Date:
Shape of Tower in Plan:
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water:	60 feet above high water.
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea:	Town of Port Jefferson and Wooded hills.
Color of Tower:	Black
Color of Tower/ How Produced:	Paint
Tower Connection:	Detached. There is no dwelling, only a watch house.
Object of Navigation:	Harbor
Building Materials:	Steel
General Description:	40 foot standard steel tower on tank house. Combination acetylene light & fog bell tower as per drawing 6337.
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Kind of Stairway and Steps:	Steel ladder
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass:	None
Number of Windows and Size of Sash:	None
Number of Doors:	None
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Order of Lantern:	375mm bouy lantern
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Unglazed Side of Lantern:	All glazed.
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern:	Bronze & copper
Construction Material Roof / Cowl:
Ventilator / Cowl:	See drawing.
Lightning Spindle:
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade:	None
Lantern Doors:	Top is hinged.
Floor of Lantern:	Bronze
Watchroom Doors:	None.
Parapet Diameter:

Location / Number:	See drawing
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement:	None
Curtain Hooks / Hanger:	None

How is Watchroom Fitted:	No watchroom
How is Relief Called:
Where is Call System Led:

Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:	390 cp
Name of Maker:	General L H Depot
Year Made:	1926
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Number of Panels:	375 mm Buoy lantern
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Does Apparatus Revolve?:	False
Is There a Revolving Belt?:	False
Revolving Panels:
How Flash is Produced:	Valve
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Pedestal:
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description:
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Gas Container:	A-50-10
Compressed Gas Capacity:	Each 188 cubic feet
Compressed Gas Charge:	Up to 12 atmospheres.
How Supply Renewed:	By exchange of tanks.
At What Intervals:	174 days
Spare Containers:	1

Gas Light Kind:	Acetylene
Gas Light Number of Burners:	1
Kind of Burner:	1 ft. Acetylene
Candlepower Per Burner:	35
Total Candlepower:	35
Consumption Gas Burner Per Hour:	1 cubic feet per hour
Total Consumption Per Hour:
How Gas Obtained:	From gas generating station.

Fog Signal Kind:	Type C fog bell machine & 1000 lb. bell
Time to Start:	Sounds instantly
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer:
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic:
Duplication:	None.
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location:	Machine is in base of tower, bell close to outside as shown on drawing 6970 this office.
Distance and Direction:
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse:
Description of Fog Signal Building:	Bell machine is in tank house.
Pressure And Recording Gauge:

Weight:	1000 lbs.
Metal:	Bell
Diameter:	26"
Height:	24"
Time:
Manufacturer:	General L. H. Depot, 1926
Weights for Operation:

Location:	No dwelling. There is a watch house along side of the tower.
Coloring:	White
Construction Materials:	Wood
Number of Rooms:	1
Number of Dwellings:	None.
Heating Plant:	Small heating stove.
Number of Keepers:	1
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses:	None
Outhouse Coloring:
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Character of Surroundings:	Light is surrounded by water.
Stove, Maker:	Waldorf
Stove, Size:	19
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Lamps:	Hand Lamp, Gen. L.H. Depot

How Procured:	None required.
Quality:
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Distilling Apparatus:	False
Distilling Manufacturer:
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General Opinion:	Good.
Diseases:	None.
Prevalency:	No.
Local Causes:	No.
Recommended Improvements:	No.

Access to Lighthouse:	None. Landing is made on the rough stoneof which breakwater is built.
Distance and Direction:	Alongside.
Miscellaneous Remarks:


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