Report for Presque Isle Harbor Range - Rear (Michigan) - 1910

General
District: 11th
Inspector: Oliver G. Brown
Location: In Presque Isle Harbor, Michigan, N'ly part of the W'ly shore of Lake Huron.
Date of Report: 06/20/1910
Latitude:
Longitude:
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 from Alpena to Presque Isle P.O.; by rig from PO or Alpena.
Distance to Nearest Road: 3 miles
Distance to Post Office: 3 miles to PO
Distance to Village: 27 miles to Alpena
Facilities for Public Conveyance: None.
Facilities for Private Conveyance: By rig from Presque Isle P.O. or by rig from Alpena (27 miles).
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Tower.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established:
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: 30' 0"
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 36'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Wooded.
Color of Tower: White.
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint.
Tower Connection: Rises from dwelling.
Object of Navigation: Guide to entrance of Presque Isle Harbor.
Building Materials: Frame tower
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Wooden stairs.
Number of Landings: None, except lantern floor.
Size of Glass:
Number of Windows and Size of Sash:
Number of Doors:
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: Sandy.
Soil Susceptibility: Trees & some sand grass
Miscellaneous Remarks: First built or established in 1870.
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern:
Shape of Lantern: Square.
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: 1 - front(E side) 2'x2' 10 1/2", sngl pl gls swings in; 2- N side, 2' 2'5" sim to front.
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Entirely wooden, sided outside & plastered inside above wainscotting.
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Common roof - shingled.
Ventilator / Cowl: Copper ball.
Lightning Spindle: Copper spindle w/ platinum tip.
Description of Lightning Rod: Lightning conducotr is 1/2" 1/2" wire cable attached to lightning spindle which runs down side of tower into swamp S. of tower.
Balustrade:
Lantern Doors: Wooden door leading fr. 2nd floor of dwelling into lantern.
Floor of Lantern:
Watchroom Doors: No watchroom.
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: 2 ventilators in wall
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: None - windows swing inside.
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Nails driven into window casings hold curtains.


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: None.
How is Relief Called:
Where is Call System Led:
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:
Light Characteristic: Fx. White
Time of Revolution: Not movable.
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 3 -- 1 is brass sheet door.
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 1 panel
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 3
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 3
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 is 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: None
Oil House Description:
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe): 3 closets: 1 on 1st fl. & 2 on 2nd. Cellar under main 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: Light is connected to dwelling by a door leading from level of 2nd floor.
Coloring: White.
Construction Materials: Frame dwelling w/ wooden shingled roof.
Number of Rooms: 5
Number of Dwellings:
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: 1 Keeper
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: Barn & cistern house, privy, oil-housse
Outhouse Coloring: Barn & cistern house-yellow; privy-white; oil-house-brick red
Paths and Walks: Concrete walks lead to all outhouses and front range.
Area Inclosed: No
Area of Garden: None
Area Timber or Shrubbery: None.
Cultivation Area Available: None.
Area Cultivated: None.
Character of Surroundings: All sandy & shifting sand.
Stove, Maker:
Stove, Size:
Sink, Maker:
Sink, Size:
Pump, Maker:
Pump, Size:
Lamps:
Water
How Procured: From well for drinking; fr. Cistern for houshold use.
Quality: Good.
Quantity:
Injury Possible: No.
Purity Precaution: None.
Tank Capacity: About 15' N. of dwelling.
Tank Material: Brick, plastered inside.
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description: Well is brick lined & 18' deep. 30' NW'ly from 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: Tower rises from roof of dwelling & forms cupola on front of dwelling.