Report for South Jetty Channel Front Range (South Carolina) - 1909
General |
District: | 7th |
Inspector: | E.M. Adams, Captain, Corps of Engineers, USA. |
Location: | South Jetty Channel Front; near the E'ly shore of South Island, SC. W'ly side of the entrance to Winyah Bay, and about 2-3/16 miles SW'ly from Georgetown Light-House. |
Date of Report: | 04/18/1909 |
Latitude: | 33° 11' 36" |
Longitude: | 79° 12' 32" |
Premises |
Site: | Purchase |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | 01/03/1903 |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | 76' x 66' |
Area Inclosed: | None. |
Character of Soil: | Marsh |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 3/16 mile |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | None. |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | Private road from South Island PO to rear light of this range; earth causeway from rear to front. |
Means to Reach Light Station: | Take light-house tender from Georgetown, SC to South Island. Secure a team at South Island and drive to rear light; walk thence to front light. |
Distance to Nearest Road: | RR station, Georgetown, SC 14 miles. |
Distance to Post Office: | South Island, 3.5 miles |
Distance to Village: | South Island, 3.5 miles. |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None. |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | Take light-house tender from Georgetown, SC 14 miles to South Island. |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Steel skeleton tower. |
Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
First Built or Established: | 1903 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | Never |
Condition at This Date: | Excellent |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square. |
Form of Tower: | Pyramidal |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 26 feet. |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Trees & sky. |
Color of Tower: | N'ly half white; S'ly half black; Slatted day mark. |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
Tower Connection: | No dwelling. |
Object of Navigation: | Range; local. |
Building Materials: | Steel skeleton tower on brick piers. |
General Description: | |
Wall Thickness at Base: | |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
Diameter at Base: | 8 feet |
Diameter at Parapet: | 3 feet 9" |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Iron ladder. |
Number of Landings: | |
Size of Glass: | |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | |
Number of Doors: | |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Brick piers; 2.5 feet. |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Marsh. |
Soil Susceptibility: | Marsh grass grows. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | Locomotive head light. |
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: | |
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Number of Storm Panes: | |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | |
What Bearings: | |
Construction Material Lantern: | |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | |
Ventilator / Cowl: | |
Lightning Spindle: | |
Description of Lightning Rod: | |
Balustrade: | Wodden platform with iron hand rail. |
Lantern Doors: | |
Floor of Lantern: | |
Watchroom Doors: | |
Parapet Diameter: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | No name; came from Tompkinsville |
Year Made: | |
Marks and Number: | 2. |
Order of Apparatus: | Reflector |
Inside Diameter: | |
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: | Wooden box. |
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: | 5th order, Improved; 1 wick. |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
Number of Spare Burners: | 1 |
Candle Power: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | Pedestal is a locker; for storage of cleaning material. |
Oil House Description: | Oil house is at rear light. |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
Oil House Construction Material: | |
Oil House Capacity: | |
Other (Describe): | Pedestal is a closet for storage of claning material. |
Suitability: | Dry & suitable. |
Fog Signal General |
Fog Signal Kind: | None. |
Time to Start: | |
How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
Manufacturer: | |
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Characteristic: | |
Duplication: | |
Timing Device: | |
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | |
Height Above Water: | |
Compass Direction: | |
Location: | |
Distance and Direction: | |
Water Supply: | |
Reached from Lighthouse: | |
Description of Fog Signal Building: | |
Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
Dwelling |
Location: | No dwelling. |
Coloring: | |
Construction Materials: | |
Number of Rooms: | |
Number of Dwellings: | |
Heating Plant: | |
Number of Keepers: | |
Furnished Quarters: | |
NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
Outhouses: | |
Outhouse Coloring: | |
Paths and Walks: | |
Area Inclosed: | |
Area of Garden: | |
Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
Cultivation Area Available: | |
Area Cultivated: | |
Character of Surroundings: | |
Stove, Maker: | |
Stove, Size: | |
Sink, Maker: | |
Sink, Size: | |
Pump, Maker: | |
Pump, Size: | |
Lamps: |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Unhealthful |
Diseases: | Malarial fever. |
Prevalency: | Summer & Autumn |
Local Causes: | Marshes |
Recommended Improvements: | Impracticable |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | There is an earth causeway between this light & rear light of the range. A private road leads from South Island PO to the rear light. |
Distance and Direction: | |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | The terms of the Deed permit shifting the site of this structure in order to swing the range whenever changes in the channel require such action. |