Report for Southwest Point Royal Shoal Light-Station (North Carolina) - 1909

General
District: 5th
Inspector: John Murdoch, Assistant Light-House Engineer.
Location: Southwest Point Royal Shoal, NC, on the SW'ly point of Royal Shoal, S'ly side of Pamlico Sound and about 8 miles W'ly from Ocracoke light-house.
Date of Report: 11/22/1909
Latitude: 35° 07' 07"
Longitude: 76° 08' 34"
Premises
Site: Submarine
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site:
Area Inclosed:
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark:
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises:
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: By Norfolk & Southern RR to Beaufort, NC, to Ocracoke, NC, bia mail boat; to station in small boat from Ocracoke, NC.
Distance to Nearest Road: Steamboat landing at Ocracoke, 8 miles.
Distance to Post Office: 8 miles.
Distance to Village: 8 miles to Ocracoke.
Facilities for Public Conveyance: None
Facilities for Private Conveyance: Small boat, 8 miles.
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Dwelling.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1867; discontinued 1880.
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: Relighted 1887.
Condition at This Date: Good
Shape of Tower in Plan: Square structure.
Form of Tower: No tower.
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 35 feet
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Woods.
Color of Tower: White, substructure, brown.
Color of Tower/ How Produced: By paint.
Tower Connection:
Object of Navigation: Local navigation.
Building Materials:
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
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Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Wood
Number of Landings: 2
Size of Glass: 8" x 12"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 6 on 1st floor, 4 on 2nd, sash, 2' 4.5" x 4' 6"
Number of Doors: 10 on 1st floor, 3 on 2nd floor.
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: Iron screw piles; depth not known.
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 4th
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal
Diameter to Glass: 7 feet
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 9
Type of Bars: Vertical.
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 36"
Number of Plates in Height: 1
Number of Plates Each Side: 1
Thickness of Plates: 3/8"
Size of Plates: 36" x 28.5"
Number of Storm Panes: None.
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Copper, iron & wood.
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Copper
Ventilator / Cowl: Copper
Lightning Spindle: Brass
Description of Lightning Rod: Copper, fastened to sill of lantern, led over roof to side of house, to water.
Balustrade: Wood
Lantern Doors: With hinges to frame of lantern.
Floor of Lantern: Wood
Watchroom Doors: None
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: In lower part of lantern.
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: None
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Screwed into frame of lantern.


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: None.
How is Relief Called:
Where is Call System Led:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker: Sautter, Lemonnier Co., Paris
Year Made: 1886
Marks and Number: 334
Order of Apparatus: 5th
Inside Diameter: 12"
Light Characteristic: Fixed white
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 4
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 5
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 5
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 3
Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
Revolving Panels:
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Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal: Iron
Service Table: Trimming table, wood covered with zinc.
Draft Tube Description: None.
Revolving Machinery:
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How Color is Produced:
Red Sectors Description:
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Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: Improved, 1 wick.
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps: 2
Number of Spare Burners: None
Candle Power:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: Oil kept on 2nd floor, on stand covered with zinc.
Oil House Description:
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe): On 1st floor, fitted with shelves for general purposes.
Suitability: Dry & suitable.
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: None
Time to Start:
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Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
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Water Supply:
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Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Dwelling
Location: No tower.
Coloring: White
Construction Materials: Wood.
Number of Rooms: 5
Number of Dwellings:
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: 1
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses:
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Cultivation Area Available:
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Lamps:
Water
How Procured: From roof
Quality: Good
Quantity: Ample
Injury Possible: Not liable
Purity Precaution: By cleaning twice each year.
Tank Capacity: 3 tanks, 200 gallons each, on 1st floor.
Tank Material: Iron
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description:
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Healthfulness
General Opinion: Generally Healthy
Diseases: Malarial
Prevalency: Spring& fall.
Local Causes:
Recommended Improvements: