Report for Presque Isle Harbor Range - Front (Michigan) - 1910
General |
District: | 11th |
Inspector: | Oliver G. Brown |
Location: | Presque Isle Harbor, Michigan, N'ly part of W'ly shore of Lake Huron. |
Date of Report: | 06/20/1910 |
Latitude: | 45° 20' 16" |
Longitude: | 83° 29' 23" |
Premises |
Site: | Part of lot 4, sec. 17,T. 34 N. R. 8 E. |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | 06/03/1869 |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | 8-1/2 A |
Area Inclosed: | None |
Character of Soil: | Sandy. |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None. |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | None. |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
Means to Reach Light Station: | By stage fr. Alpena to Presque Isle P.O.; by rig from P.O. or by rig from Alpena. |
Distance to Nearest Road: | 3 miles |
Distance to Post Office: | 3 miles |
Distance to Village: | 27 miles (Alpena) |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None. |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | By rig |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
Number of Separate Lights: | 1 lights - one range |
First Built or Established: | 1870 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
Condition at This Date: | Good |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square |
Form of Tower: | Square with verticle walls |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 21' 2" |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 18' 0" |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Wooded |
Color of Tower: | White |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
Tower Connection: | Detached |
Object of Navigation: | Guide to entrance to Presque Isle Harbour |
Building Materials: | Frame tower |
General Description: | Tower wooden throughout & ceiled inside & outside with verticle wood ceiling. |
Wall Thickness at Base: | 6" |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 6" |
Diameter at Base: | 7' 8" |
Diameter at Parapet: | 7' 8" |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Wooden stairs. |
Number of Landings: | None except lantern floor. |
Size of Glass: | |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | No windows in tower.. |
Number of Doors: | 1 wooden door at entrance to tower. |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Stone walls 20" thick & 4' below surface. |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Sandy. |
Soil Susceptibility: | Trees & some sand grass |
Miscellaneous Remarks: |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | |
Shape of Lantern: | Octagonal. |
Diameter to Glass: | |
Diameter in the Clear: | |
Number of Sides: | |
Type of Bars: | |
Thickness of Bars: | |
Height Glazed: | |
Number of Plates in Height: | |
Number of Plates Each Side: | |
Thickness of Plates: | |
Size of Plates: | 2 windows in lantern; front-single fold plate glass 1' 10"x2' 6"; rear lantern window 12"x15". |
Number of Storm Panes: | |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | |
What Bearings: | |
Construction Material Lantern: | Wooden inside and out. |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Pyramidal & covered w/ copper. plates. |
Ventilator / Cowl: | Copper ventilator ball |
Lightning Spindle: | Copper lightning conductor spindle w/ platinum tip. |
Description of Lightning Rod: | Lightning conductor 1/2" wire cable attached to lightning spindle & runs down side of tower into wet sand below |
Balustrade: | |
Lantern Doors: | Wooden |
Floor of Lantern: | Wooden |
Watchroom Doors: | No watchroom. |
Parapet Diameter: |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | 2 ventilators in walls |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None - windows swing inside. |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Nails driven into window casings hold curtains. |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | None |
Year Made: | |
Marks and Number: | None |
Order of Apparatus: | Lens lantern |
Inside Diameter: | 12" |
Light Characteristic: | Fx. White. |
Time of Revolution: | Not movable |
Flash Interval: | |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
Number of Panels: | 3 panels in lens; 1is brass sheet door. Ea. panel made of 1 cntrl drum composed of a cntrl convex glass & 3 prisms above & 3 prisms below. Lens circular in |
Number of Flash Panels: | |
Arc of Each: | |
Number of Elements in Central Drum: | |
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | |
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | |
Does Apparatus Revolve?: | False |
Is There a Revolving Belt?: | False |
Revolving Panels: | |
How Flash is Produced: | |
Number of Vertical Elements Panel: | |
Fixed Lens Covered: | |
Pedestal: | Lens sits in wrought iron ring 2" x 1/2". Ring supported by 3 iron rods 1/2" dia. screwed to floor of lantern. |
Service Table: | None |
Draft Tube Description: | None. |
Revolving Machinery: | Not revolving, |
Standby and Description: | |
Chariot Float or Balls: | |
Chariot Description: | |
Length of Drop Tube: | |
Clock Weight: | |
Length of Winding Time: | |
Drive During Rewind: | |
Machinery Protection: | |
Regulated: | |
Lens Protection: | |
How Color is Produced: | |
Red Sectors Description: | |
Where Color Attached: | |
Form of Colored Glass: | |
Lamp Description: | Common brass lamp w/ flat wick 1" wide |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
Number of Spare Burners: | |
Candle Power: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | Wooden door leads into lower part of tower which is used as lamp & storeroom. |
Oil House Description: | |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
Oil House Construction Material: | |
Oil House Capacity: | |
Other (Describe): | 3 closets: 1 - 1st fl. & 2 on 2nd fl. Cellar under part of dwelling. |
Suitability: | Dry & suitable. |
Fog Signal General |
Fog Signal Kind: | None. |
Time to Start: | |
How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
Manufacturer: | |
Year of Manufacture: | |
Characteristic: | |
Duplication: | |
Timing Device: | |
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | |
Height Above Water: | |
Compass Direction: | |
Location: | |
Distance and Direction: | |
Water Supply: | |
Reached from Lighthouse: | |
Description of Fog Signal Building: | |
Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
Dwelling |
Location: | 1000' E'ly from dwelling. |
Coloring: | White |
Construction Materials: | Frame dwelling w/ wooden shingled roof. |
Number of Rooms: | 5 |
Number of Dwellings: | |
Heating Plant: | |
Number of Keepers: | 1 |
Furnished Quarters: | |
NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
Outhouses: | Barn & cistern house; privy; oil-house |
Outhouse Coloring: | Barn & cistern house-yellow; privy-white; oil-house-brick red |
Paths and Walks: | Concrete walks lead to rear range & all outhouses. |
Area Inclosed: | Not enclosed. |
Area of Garden: | None. |
Area Timber or Shrubbery: | None. |
Cultivation Area Available: | None. |
Area Cultivated: | None. |
Character of Surroundings: | Sandy & shifting sand. |
Stove, Maker: | |
Stove, Size: | |
Sink, Maker: | |
Sink, Size: | |
Pump, Maker: | |
Pump, Size: | |
Lamps: |
Water |
How Procured: | From well for drinking; from cistern for household use. |
Quality: | Good. |
Quantity: | |
Injury Possible: | No. |
Purity Precaution: | None. |
Tank Capacity: | Located 15' N. of dwelling. |
Tank Material: | Brick, plastered inside. |
Distilling Apparatus: | False |
Distilling Manufacturer: | |
Well Description: | Brick lined, 18' deep. 30' NW'ly fr. dwelling. |
Well Diameter: | 3' |
Well Lining: | Brick. |
Pump or Bucket: | Pump. |
What Power Used: | |
Distance from Dwelling: | 30' NW'ly |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Excellent. |
Diseases: | None. |
Prevalency: | |
Local Causes: | |
Recommended Improvements: | None. |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | No boat house or landing |
Distance and Direction: | |
Miscellaneous Remarks: |