Report for Sand Beach Harbor of Refuge W side N entrance (Michigan) - 1886

General
District: 11th
Inspector: Lighthouse Engineer
Location: On E end of N arm of breakwater at W side of N entrance to harbor
Date of Report: 02/03/1886
Latitude: 43° 51' 22"
Longitude: 82° 36' 24"
Premises
Site:
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site:
Area Inclosed:
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark:
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises: Breakwater affords a good & sufficient landing.
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: By steamboat or RR to village of Sand Beach, MI., & by small boat from others.
Distance to Nearest Road: About 1 mile to nearest public road & RR station, both in village of Sand Beach.
Distance to Post Office:
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Skeleton iron tripod.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1885
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
Condition at This Date: Good
Shape of Tower in Plan: Triangular
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: 21'
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 30'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea:
Color of Tower:
Color of Tower/ How Produced:
Tower Connection:
Object of Navigation: Harbor
Building Materials: Iron.
General Description: Structure is a skeleton tripod constructed of wrought iron pipe 2" dia. w/small platform of cast iron to receive a tubular lantern. Base plates are screwed to sills which are bolted to deck & stringers of breakwater.
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Wrought iron ladder
Number of Landings: None
Size of Glass: None
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: None
Number of Doors: None
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Lower panels of structure stiffened by means of diagonal tie-rods & turnbuckles. A ladder, also of wrought iron pipe leads to top. Lantern is screwed in position by 2 gun metal clamps.
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker:
Year Made:
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: Tubular signal lantern with ruby globe
Inside Diameter: 6" dia. 20" high.
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part: Fixed 360 degrees entire horizon.
Number of Panels:
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum:
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum:
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum:
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:
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:
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: Mineral oil attached to & forming part of lantern: has single flat wick
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps: 1
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power: