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. |