Report for Robinson Point (Washington) - 1910
| General |
| District: | 13th |
| Inspector: | Maj. J. F. McIndoe, Corps of Engineers |
| Location: | On E'ly extremity of Robinson Point, E'ly point of Maury Island, WA. |
| Date of Report: | 02/28/1910 |
| Latitude: | 47° 23' 20" |
| Longitude: | 122° 22' 20" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Purchased |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | 01/29/1884 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 23.61 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Character of Soil: | Clay with a few inches of vegetable matter |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 10' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Boundary fence, fence around garden, fence around dwelling & poultry yard. |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Landing made on beach |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | No road required |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By boat, Tacoma, WA or Seattle, WA. |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | Portage, WA., 4 miles by wagon road. |
| Distance to Post Office: | 1/4 mile Maury, WA. |
| Distance to Village: | Tacoma, 9 miles. |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | Landing is made by launch carrying US Mail, at station & other steamers will land passengers if small boat from station comes off. |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | Launch may be hired in Tacoma, WA. |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Skeleton tower carrying lantern |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
| First Built or Established: | 1885 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | 1907 |
| Condition at This Date: | Fair |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square |
| Form of Tower: | Pyramidal |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 25' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Dark green timbered bluff |
| Color of Tower: | White |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Painted |
| Tower Connection: | Detached |
| Object of Navigation: | For local navigation, turning point. |
| Building Materials: | Wood, skeleton tower. |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
| Diameter at Base: | 11' square |
| Diameter at Parapet: | 7' |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Wooden |
| Number of Landings: | 3 |
| Size of Glass: | |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | |
| Number of Doors: | None |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Gravel, sills set on surface anchored to posts set in ground. |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Beach gravel |
| Soil Susceptibility: | Swamp in rear covered with grass & small brush |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Tower stands at extremity of point surrounded by water on 3 sides at high tide. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | Glass shelter for lens lantern |
| Shape of Lantern: | Square |
| Diameter to Glass: | 22" square |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | 4 |
| Type of Bars: | Vertical |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 25" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | One |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | One |
| Thickness of Plates: | 1/4" |
| Size of Plates: | 21" x 26" |
| Number of Storm Panes: | None |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Wooden frame, galvanized roof, wooden floor. |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Galvanized iron |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Galvanized iron hood; no ball. |
| Lightning Spindle: | None |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | Wooden rail |
| Lantern Doors: | Set in with cleats |
| Floor of Lantern: | Wood |
| Watchroom Doors: | None |
| Parapet Diameter: | 6' 8" square |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | None. Watch kept in dwelling or in Fog signal bldg. |
| How is Relief Called: | |
| Where is Call System Led: |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | |
| Year Made: | |
| Marks and Number: | |
| Order of Apparatus: | Lens lantern (old style) |
| Inside Diameter: | 11 3/4" |
| Light Characteristic: | Fixed red |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | 4 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 7 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | None |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | None |
| 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: | None |
| Service Table: | |
| Draft Tube Description: | |
| Revolving Machinery: | |
| 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: | By ruby chimneys |
| Red Sectors Description: | None |
| Where Color Attached: | Ruby chimney |
| Form of Colored Glass: | Ruby chimney (lens lantern 1 day) |
| Lamp Description: | Lens lantern, Funck Heap, 1 day |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 2 (1 lantern) |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 1 |
| Candle Power: |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | 1 1/4" |
| Diameter of Mantel: | |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | None |
| Oil House Description: | Oil stored in rain sheds on wooden platform off ground. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
| Oil House Construction Material: | |
| Oil House Capacity: | |
| Other (Describe): | No closets except in dwellings & storeroom in rear of fog signal room fitted with shelves. |
| Suitability: | Dry & suitable. |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | 12" steam whistle with Economic Boiler No. 6 |
| Time to Start: | 45 minutes |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
| Manufacturer: | Old style whistle & engine |
| Year of Manufacture: | No date |
| Characteristic: | 6 sec blast, 54 sec silent |
| Duplication: | None |
| Timing Device: | Fly ball governor No. 1, Gardner Governor Co., Quincy, Il. |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | 55 lbs |
| Height Above Water: | About 18' |
| Compass Direction: | |
| Location: | Marks extremity of Robinson Point & forms turning point for vessels navigating Puget Sound. |
| Distance and Direction: | 34' SW |
| Water Supply: | From rainsheds 60' x 40' with 2 cisterns |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | By plank walk |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | 1 story frame structure with coal shed in form of an ell, all on brick piers. |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
| Steam Signal |
| Steam Boiler: | Economic boiler No. 6 Erie City Iron Works No. 36 |
| Kind: | Return tubular |
| Tube: | Flue tube |
| Dimensions: | |
| Length: | 11.5' over all |
| Diameter: | 36" |
| Tube Description: | 18 - 4" tubes - 49" long; 30 - 3" tubes 96" long. |
| Steam Tube Diameter: | 3" & 4" |
| Steam Furnace Kind: | Flue box |
| Furnace Length: | 42" |
| Furnace Width: | 36" |
| Furnace Height: | 24" |
| Steam Heat Surface: | 297.20 sq. ft. |
| Steam Grate Surface: | 10.5 sq. ft. |
| Number of Grate Bars: | 18 |
| Kind of Grate Bars: | Mailers patent |
| Steam Fuel: | Franklin, Pacific Const. Co. mines |
| Steam Safety Valve: | Crosby pop |
| Steam Maximum Pressure: | |
| Steam Working Pressure: | 55 lbs |
| Steam Diameter of Smokestack: | 18" |
| Smokestack Height: | 36' |
| Drum Dimension: | 4' 2" |
| Steam Drum Diameter: | 26" |
| Steam Covering: | Asbestos canvas covered |
| Steam Boiler Condition: | Good |
| Steam Boiler Built: | 1899 |
| Where Built: | Erie City, PA |
| Manufacturer: | Erie City Iron Works |
| Steam Heater: | False |
| Kind: | |
| Size: | |
| Heater Time Affect: | |
| Steam Engine Kind: | Old style horizontal |
| Steam Engine Revolutions: | 90 rpm |
| Steam Engine Cyl. Diameter: | 4" |
| Steam Engine Piston Stroke: | 10" |
| Steam Engine Pipe Size: | 1" |
| Steam Engine When Built: | No date |
| Steam Engine Where Built: | NY, NY |
| Manufacturer: | Rec'd from Tompkinsville, NY |
| Whistle Signal |
| Whistle Diameter: | 12" |
| Whistle Height: | 32" overall |
| Whistle Orifice: | 3 1/8" |
| Whistle Tone: | Single |
| Whistle Chime: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | 2 - 1.5 story dwellings about 560' S'ly from light. |
| Coloring: | White with brown roofs |
| Construction Materials: | Wood with shingled roofs & inside walls plastered |
| Number of Rooms: | 5 in old dwelling; 6 in new. |
| Number of Dwellings: | |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 each dwelling |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Barn & poultry house |
| Outhouse Coloring: | White, brown roofs |
| Paths and Walks: | Plank walk around dwellings out to fog-signal bldg. |
| Area Inclosed: | Boundary fence along W line of reservation. |
| Area of Garden: | 4/10 acre |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | 9 acres |
| Cultivation Area Available: | Garden & about 7 acres |
| Area Cultivated: | Garden |
| Character of Surroundings: | Clay & sand mixed with gravel beach |
| Stove, Maker: | |
| Stove, Size: | |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | |
| Pump, Maker: | |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | From rain collected from roof of old dwelling & from spring abt 1000' from dwellings |
| Quality: | Fair |
| Quantity: | Ample for dwelling. At fog signal in dry & smoky weather, great care must be taken so supply lasts. |
| Injury Possible: | No |
| Purity Precaution: | None |
| Tank Capacity: | 2 cisterns of 19750 gal in rainshed at FS bldg & 1 of 5150 gal cap at old dwelling |
| Tank Material: | Brick, plastered with cement |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | Pump in old dwelling; New has gravity supply |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: | About 10' |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Good, Healthy |
| Diseases: | None |
| Prevalency: | None |
| Local Causes: | Marshy land btwn dwellings & tower which is said to breed mosquitoes. |
| Recommended Improvements: | If marsh were filled up, comfort of station might be increased. |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Landing made on beach at any point on reservation according to wind. |
| Distance and Direction: | 40' at high tide. |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Light tower should be reconstructed & furnished with a 4th order lantern inside which lens lantern can be placed or when oil engines are installed a combined light & fog signal bldg should be constructed. A gravity water system will be installed. |