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: