Report for Rouleau Point Rear Range Light (Michigan) - 1910

General
District: 9th
Inspector: Oliver G. Brown
Location: About 450' in rear of the front range light, of the N'ly end of Portage Lake, Mich. about 3/8 mile jto the north of Rouleau Point.
Date of Report: 07/31/1910
Latitude: 47° 11' 41"
Longitude: 88° 37' 00"
Premises
Site: Purchases.
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 10/16/1896
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: .23 acres
Area Inclosed: .23 acres
Character of Soil: Sandy loam.
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark:
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: Premises are enclosed by wire fence.
Wharf or Landing on Premises: A wooden landing & revetment 10' wide extends along entire front.
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: None.
Means to Reach Light Station: By rig from Hancock, Mich.
Distance to Nearest Road: 7 miles to RR station, Hancock, Mich. or 7 miles to general boat landing at Hancock, mich. Public road runs in front of house.
Distance to Post Office: 7 miles to Hancock.
Distance to Village: 7 miles to Hancock.
Facilities for Public Conveyance: None.
Facilities for Private Conveyance: 7 miles by rig from Hancock.
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Wooden mast.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1897
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: 1906
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Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 28 feet.
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 upper channel of Portage Lake.
Building Materials: Wood.
General Description: It is a wooden mast, supported by 4 wooden braces. Lantern rests on a wooden platform which is raised & lowered with iron rods for guides.
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Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: Common post lantern.
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Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
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Closets and Store Rooms
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Oil House Description: 75' from dwelling.
Oil House Inside Dimension: 8' 9" x 6' 8"
Oil House Construction Material: Vitrified brick.
Oil House Capacity: 500 gals.
Other (Describe): 2 closets in dwelling. Cellar under dwelling. Boat house used as a store room.
Suitability: Dry & suitable.
Dwelling
Location:
Coloring: Buff
Construction Materials: Frame building on brick cellar.
Number of Rooms: 6 rooms.
Number of Dwellings: 1
Heating Plant: Steam heating plant. Gurney cast iron boiler No. 425B
Number of Keepers: 1 keeper & family
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: Well house, privy, oil-house & boat house.
Outhouse Coloring: Buff
Paths and Walks: Concrete walks around dwelling & to all outhouses.
Area Inclosed: Premise enclosed on all sides except river front by wire fence.
Area of Garden: About 1/2 premises used for garden.
Area Timber or Shrubbery: None.
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Character of Surroundings: Sandy loam.
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Water
How Procured: From flowing well near river front.
Quality: Excellent.
Quantity: Ample.
Injury Possible: No.
Purity Precaution: Cistern in cellar with brick filter.
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Tank Material: Brick.
Distilling Apparatus: False
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Well Description: Old dry well, not used.
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Distance from Dwelling: 10' E'ly of dwelling.
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Healthfullness excelent.
Diseases: None.
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Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: A landing & reventment combined has been built along the entire front of property; is 10' wide & has a slip for launching boats. Boathouse is 10 x 20 in plan & is built on landing in SW corner of lot.
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: A public road, called the Hancock road, leads directly in fornt of dwelling.