Report for Sea Haven (New Jersey) - 1910
| General |
| District: | 4th |
| Inspector: | Ray L Hankinson |
| Location: | On N'ly side of Little Egg Inlet, on extreme S'ly point of Tucker Beach |
| Date of Report: | 02/19/1910 |
| Latitude: | 39° 29' 08" |
| Longitude: | 74° 18' 26" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Purchase /condemnation proceedings |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | 09/13/1909 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 1 1/5 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | No |
| Character of Soil: | Sand |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | About 130' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | None except beach |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | Drive to tower on beach |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By launch or by team |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | About 8 miles to Beach Haven RR station |
| Distance to Post Office: | 8 miles to Beach Haven |
| Distance to Village: | 8 miles to Beach Haven |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | Launch or team from Beach Haven or Tuckerton |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Structural steel tower |
| Number of Separate Lights: | One |
| First Built or Established: | 1909 November |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
| Condition at This Date: | Excellent |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square |
| Form of Tower: | Pyramidal |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | No ventilator ball |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | About 25' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Distant trees |
| Color of Tower: | Brown |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
| Tower Connection: | No Keeper's dwelling at site, Keeper lives at Tucker Beach Light station |
| Object of Navigation: | Harbor in Channel light for local navigation purposes. |
| Building Materials: | Steel on concrete base |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
| Diameter at Base: | |
| Diameter at Parapet: | |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Iron to be changed to wood later |
| Number of Landings: | |
| Size of Glass: | |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | |
| Number of Doors: | |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Concrete 3' |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Sand |
| Soil Susceptibility: | No |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Site low & liable to be covered with water at extreme high water. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | |
| Shape of Lantern: | |
| Diameter to Glass: | |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | |
| Type of Bars: | |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | |
| Number of Plates in Height: | |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | |
| Thickness of Plates: | |
| Size of Plates: | |
| Number of Storm Panes: | |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | None |
| Lightning Spindle: | None |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | None |
| Balustrade: | Wooden gallery & rail around lens lantern to be put on later |
| Lantern Doors: | |
| Floor of Lantern: | |
| Watchroom Doors: | |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | Barbier, Benard & Turenne |
| Year Made: | Probably 1909 |
| Marks and Number: | None, except name of maker |
| Order of Apparatus: | Lens Lantern |
| Inside Diameter: | 11 13/16" |
| Light Characteristic: | Fixed white |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| 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: | Lantern sets on a small wooden base. |
| Service Table: | None |
| Draft Tube Description: | None |
| Revolving Machinery: | |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | |
| Chariot Description: | |
| Length of Drop Tube: | None |
| Clock Weight: | |
| Length of Winding Time: | |
| Drive During Rewind: | |
| Machinery Protection: | No machinery |
| Regulated: | |
| Lens Protection: | |
| How Color is Produced: | |
| Red Sectors Description: | None |
| Where Color Attached: | |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | 5th order Burner, 1 wick |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 1 |
| Candle Power: |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 wick |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | 1 1/8" |
| Diameter of Mantel: | |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | No closets |
| Oil House Description: | At base of tower |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 6' 8" square |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Wood |
| Oil House Capacity: | About 180 5-gal cans |
| Other (Describe): | None |
| Suitability: |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | No landing except on beach |
| Distance and Direction: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Wooden stairs on outside of tower soon to be installed in place of iron ladder now in use. |