Report for Schuylkill River Range - Rear (Pennsylvania) - 1920

General
District: 4th
Inspector: C.A. Lamy
Location: On axis of dredged cut channel into mouth of Schuylkill River about 230 yds (20.5 degrees) from front light.
Date of Report: 08/04/1920
Latitude: 39° 53' 26.5"
Longitude: 75° 11' 33 3/4"
Premises
Site: Naval Reservation (League Island Navy Yard)
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site:
Area Inclosed: About 1/2 acre.
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: About 150'
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: None
Wharf or Landing on Premises: None
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: By trolley to Navy Yard, thence by walking
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office: About 1 mile.
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Tower - skeleton white square pyramidal with Daymark
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1875
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: Tower built 1920
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: 38'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Bldgs & few trees
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Detached
Object of Navigation: Channel, range, local navigation.
Building Materials: Steel
General Description:
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Kind of Stairway and Steps: Ladders
Number of Landings:
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:
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Miscellaneous Remarks: Tower erected on made up ground behind Pierhead & Bulkhead lines established by War Dept.
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 510
Name of Maker: USLH Depot
Year Made: Unknown
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: Lens lantern
Inside Diameter: 300 mm
Light Characteristic:
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Number of Panels: None
Number of Flash Panels: None
Arc of Each: None
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 7 elements
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:
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description:
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Lens Protection:
How Color is Produced: By red sleeve
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached: To lens
Form of Colored Glass: Circlular red sleeve inside of lens
Lamp Description: A 25 100 Watts Type C
Type of Illuminant: Electric incandescent
Number of Spare Lamps: Avg 10 lamps for front & rear stations
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power: 100
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: None
Oil House Description: At base of tower attached to legs.
Oil House Inside Dimension: 6' x 6' x 6' 6"
Oil House Construction Material: Steel
Oil House Capacity:
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