Report for Schooner Ledge Range Front Light (Pennsylvania) - 1907
| General |
| District: | 4th |
| Inspector: | H. Bamber, Asst. Engineer & others |
| Location: | On N'ly side of Delaware River, at mouth of Crum Creek, about 1 mile below the Lazaretto |
| Date of Report: | 12/22/1907 |
| Latitude: | 39° 51' 30" |
| Longitude: | 75° 19' 24" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Purchase |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | 12/31/1879 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | About 5 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | Area inside of sea-wall is about 6000 sq. ft. There are no fences. |
| Character of Soil: | Mud, except small area inside of seawall, which has been filled with gravel. |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | About 15' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None, except seawall |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Small boat landing on Crum Creek |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | Landing about 410' N of lighthouse & connected thereto by elevated board walk. |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By RR to Chester, Eddystone or Essington, thence to Crum Creek by electric road, then walk to station, distance of about 2000' |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | Public road about 2000' over walk along Crum Creek. Distance to Eddystone or Essington RR station about 1 3/8 miles over walk & roads. |
| Distance to Post Office: | Eddystone, PA is about 1 3/8 miles distant by road and walk. |
| Distance to Village: | Eddystone, PA is about 1 3/8 miles distant by road and walk. |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | No public conveyance from electric road to station. |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | Electric road through Essington, Eddystone & Chester, passes within about 2000' of station. Must walk from there. |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Lantern is on dwelling. |
| Number of Separate Lights: | One |
| First Built or Established: | 1880 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
| Condition at This Date: | Fair |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square |
| Form of Tower: | Prismatic |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 34' 3" |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 31' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Trees & bldgs |
| Color of Tower: | Lantern, tower & vertical stoop in front of lighthouse, black. Remainder of front is white. Sides & rear are white with lead colored trimmings & green shades. |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
| Tower Connection: | Lantern is on dwelling |
| Object of Navigation: | Channel & range for general navigating purposes. |
| Building Materials: | Frame |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | 8" |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 8" |
| Diameter at Base: | 11' x 11' |
| Diameter at Parapet: | 11' x 11' |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Wooden. |
| Number of Landings: | None, except floors |
| Size of Glass: | 9" x 12" |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 2 in lantern tower, about 2' 7.5" x 4' 6.5" |
| Number of Doors: | 17 |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Foundation consists of cast iron columns, which are supported by wooden piles, penetration of piles not known. |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Reed marsh |
| Soil Susceptibility: | By reeds only |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Lighthouse is on edge of reed marsh just above the mouth of Crum Creek. It, with all the out bldgs, except boat house, is surrounded with stone seawall about 6' above mean high water. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 4th order range |
| Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
| Diameter to Glass: | 8' 5" x 8' 5" inside |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | 4 |
| Type of Bars: | None |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | About 3' 7.5" in clear |
| Number of Plates in Height: | One |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | Glass in front only |
| Thickness of Plates: | About 1/4" |
| Size of Plates: | 3' 8" x 3' 8" |
| Number of Storm Panes: | None (1 extra pane of glass on hand) |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | Glass in front of lantern only which faces down range. |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Wood |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Wood covered with tin. |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Heavy tin, or galvanized iron. |
| Lightning Spindle: | None, except pinnacle of lantern, which has a brass tipped conical point. |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | Conductor is 1/8" x 1.5" copper ribbon, attached to point on pinnacle of lantern with braided copper wire cords & runs down left side of lantern to one of the iron foundation columns to which it is attached with copper wire. |
| Balustrade: | Wood. Deck is covered with tin. |
| Lantern Doors: | Door to balcony is a built-up door about 4" thick, covered with shingles. It is hung on iron butts & fitted with a pull & 2 iron bolts. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Wood |
| Watchroom Doors: | Framed wooden door on watchroom stairs hung on iron butts & fitted with iron rim lock. |
| Parapet Diameter: | 8' 5" x 8' 5" |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | 4 ventilators in lower wall of lantern, covered with inside brass registers. |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | 3 brass hooks on upper rail of sash. |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | Cupboard in right front corner. |
| How is Relief Called: | None |
| Where is Call System Led: |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | 5.5 hours |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | Lens: L. Sautter & Cie.; Clock, USLHE lamp shop |
| Year Made: | Not known. |
| Marks and Number: | L. Sautter & Cie, Constructeurs Paris |
| Order of Apparatus: | Range lens |
| Inside Diameter: | Outside dia of outside ring of prisms about 20.5" |
| Light Characteristic: | Fixed white 2 sec, eclipse 1 sec. |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | 1 sec |
| Duration of Flash: | 2 sec |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | Lens has center & 4 sectors; has silver plated reflector about 18 3/4" dia. |
| Number of Flash Panels: | None |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 3 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 5 |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | |
| Does Apparatus Revolve?: | False |
| Is There a Revolving Belt?: | False |
| Revolving Panels: | |
| How Flash is Produced: | Light black cloth curtain hung on 2 arm lever is lifted & dropped by clockwork. |
| Number of Vertical Elements Panel: | |
| Fixed Lens Covered: | |
| Pedestal: | Lens supported on 4" x 4" wooden post, which extends down thru cupboard in center of lantern to floor. |
| Service Table: | Cupboard having top 2' 6" x 3' 3" above floor. Clock rests on top. There is also a wooden table or wide shelf over stairway. |
| Draft Tube Description: | No tube |
| Revolving Machinery: | |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | |
| Chariot Description: | |
| Length of Drop Tube: | About 20' |
| Clock Weight: | |
| Length of Winding Time: | 5.5 hours |
| Drive During Rewind: | |
| Machinery Protection: | By brass frame glass case. |
| Regulated: | By vertical governor having 2 wings, each about 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" |
| Lens Protection: | |
| How Color is Produced: | No color |
| Red Sectors Description: | No red sectors |
| Where Color Attached: | |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | Standard 5th order single wick constant level lamp. |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 (2 in all) |
| Number of Spare Burners: | None |
| Candle Power: |
| Clock Cord Description |
| Revolving Cord: | Iron wire |
| Size of Clock Cord: | |
| Length of Clock Cord: | |
| How Led: | Vertically down from clock drum thru lantern floor & thence to weights at left rear corner of watchroom |
| Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | Small closet in the watchroom, fitted with a shelf and used for lamp supplies, etc. |
| Oil House Description: | A frame oil house, 7' x 7' is located about 30' N of lighthouse. It has a small wooden bench for pargetized cans. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
| Oil House Construction Material: | |
| Oil House Capacity: | |
| Other (Describe): | Pantry & storeroom for provisions, etc., also 3 closets, fitted with shelves & hooks & used for clothes. There is a storehouse for coal, about 8' x 8' & 1 about 11' 5" x 17' 3" for general purposes. |
| Suitability: | Dry & suitable. |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | Lantern is on dwelling, forming a lighthouse. |
| Coloring: | Lantern, tower & vertical stoop in front of lighthouse, black. Remainder of front is white. Sides & rear are white with lead colored trimmings & green shades. Roof is brown. |
| Construction Materials: | Frame with tin roof. |
| Number of Rooms: | 5 beside pantry, storeroom halls & 2 attic bedrooms. |
| Number of Dwellings: | |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Frame oil house, frame privy, frame tank house, 2 frame stovehouses & frame boat house. |
| Outhouse Coloring: | White, with lead colored trimmings. |
| Paths and Walks: | Entire area inside seawall is paved with bricks. An elevated boardwalk extends from seawall to boathouse & along bank of Creek towards electric road - about 1400' total. |
| Area Inclosed: | About 600 sq. ft. inclosed by sea wall. No fences. |
| Area of Garden: | None |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | None |
| Cultivation Area Available: | None |
| Area Cultivated: | None |
| Character of Surroundings: | Reed marsh. Mud beach extends to seawall on Delaware River side of station. |
| Stove, Maker: | |
| Stove, Size: | |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | |
| Pump, Maker: | |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | From roof of lighthouse by means of downspouts to tanks. Station has a well, but water in it is not good. |
| Quality: | Good when properly cared for. |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | Not liable |
| Purity Precaution: | Downspouts have been provided with cutoffs. |
| Tank Capacity: | 2 wooden tanks in tank house located in rear of & close to lighthouse. Capacities 1230 & 1350 gal. |
| Tank Material: | Cedar |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | Driven well, depth 45' (water from this well is not good & little or no use was made of it) |
| Well Diameter: | 4" |
| Well Lining: | 4" iron pipe casing |
| Pump or Bucket: | |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: | Well is now covered up & location is not known. |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Healthful |
| Diseases: | None prevalent |
| Prevalency: | |
| Local Causes: | |
| Recommended Improvements: |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Boat house is cheap frame structure, 8' x 18' in plan, on a foundation of 4 piles. 6' x 48' incline which extends to low water & serves as a small boat landing has been partly carried away. An elevated boardwalk extends from boat house to seawall. |
| Distance and Direction: | Boat house is about 390' N of lighthouse. |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | General character & condtion of premises, etc., are good. |