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 |
Condition at This Date: | |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | |
Form of Tower: | |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | |
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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Balustrade: | |
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Illuminating Apparatus |
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Does Apparatus Revolve?: | False |
Is There a Revolving Belt?: | False |
Revolving Panels: | |
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Fixed Lens Covered: | |
Pedestal: | |
Service Table: | |
Draft Tube Description: | |
Revolving Machinery: | |
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Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | |
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. |
Cultivation Area Available: | |
Area Cultivated: | |
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. |
Tank Capacity: | |
Tank Material: | Brick. |
Distilling Apparatus: | False |
Distilling Manufacturer: | |
Well Description: | Old dry well, not used. |
Well Diameter: | |
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Distance from Dwelling: | 10' E'ly of dwelling. |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Healthfullness excelent. |
Diseases: | None. |
Prevalency: | |
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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. |