Report for Romer Shoals (New York) - 1887

General
District: 3rd
Inspector: Lieut. John Millis, Eng'r 3rd Dist.
Location: In NY lower bay on dry Romer.
Date of Report: 01/16/1887
Latitude: 40° 30' 45"
Longitude: 72° 00' 35"
Premises
Site:
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: Circle 100' dia.
Area Inclosed:
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: 13'
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises:
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: Steamer
Distance to Nearest Road: 4 miles to Sandy Hook dock
Distance to Post Office:
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Facilities for Public Conveyance:
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Means Used for Support of Lantern: Iron skeleton
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1886
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
Condition at This Date: Good
Shape of Tower in Plan: Square
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: 25'
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 35'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea:
Color of Tower: Red
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Painted
Tower Connection:
Object of Navigation: To mark Romer Shoals & Swnsh [?] channel
Building Materials: Iron
General Description: Tower is 12' x 12' on bottom, 3' 4" x 3' 4" at top deck & 21' 6" high. Concrete pier built around old stone beacon. Anchor bolts built into concrete to fasten feet of skeleton frame on tower.
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Kind of Stairway and Steps: Iron ladder from pier to lantern deck
Number of Landings: 1
Size of Glass:
Number of Windows and Size of Sash:
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Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: Iron shell 30' dia., filled with Portland cement concrete, 16' high resting on rip rap.
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks: 1' 8" above concrete are 2 sets of cradles, fastened by bolts to horiz. ties of frame in which are placed 2 iron tanks or reservoirs for gas. Deck is formed by 1 piece of flat iron 1/2" thick & 5' dia. fastened to top ties of skeleton by means of bolts.
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker:
Year Made:
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Order of Apparatus: 5th
Inside Diameter:
Light Characteristic: Fixed red
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels:
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Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum:
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum:
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Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
Revolving Panels:
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Number of Vertical Elements Panel:
Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal: Iron skeleton
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description:
Revolving Machinery:
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Chariot Float or Balls:
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Clock Weight:
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How Color is Produced: Red globe on lantern
Red Sectors Description:
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Lamp Description: Gas fit
Type of Illuminant:
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Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Land on rip rap from a small boat.
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: All in good condition. To deck is bolted the pedestal on which lamp is secured (2' 3" above deck). An iron railing runs around deck. Gas tanks or reservoirs are 4' 1" dia. & 13' long.