Report for St. Joseph Pierhead, Rear Range (Michigan) - 1909
General |
District: | 9th |
Inspector: | Francis J. Otter, Draftsman, Office of Dist. Engr. |
Location: | At N pier, 314' (1/16 mile) ESE 3/8 E in rear of preceding, at entrance to St. Joseph & Benton Harbors, MI., E'ly side of S'ly part of Lake Michigan. |
Date of Report: | 06/10/1909 |
Latitude: | 42° 06' 56" |
Longitude: | 86° 29' 39" |
Premises |
Site: | Built on N entrance pier to Harbor, Keepers Double dwelling built on land purchased for same contiguous to Range lights on N side of N pier. |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | 07/27/1908 |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | 100' x 150' about 1/3 of an acre |
Area Inclosed: | None as yet |
Character of Soil: | Sand |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | On entrance pier to Harbor |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None as yet |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Pier |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | Pier |
Means to Reach Light Station: | Boat |
Distance to Nearest Road: | 3/4 mile |
Distance to Post Office: | 3/4 mile |
Distance to Village: | 1/2 mile |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | By boat 1/2 mile |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
First Built or Established: | 1898 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | 1907 |
Condition at This Date: | Good |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Octagonal |
Form of Tower: | Octagonal on square base |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 57' 8" |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 52' 6" above lake level |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Piers & Harbor entrance; Wooded bluff & houses of City. |
Color of Tower: | White, black lantern |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
Tower Connection: | Rises off roof of Fog-signal house. |
Object of Navigation: | Entrance to Channel & Harbor & forms a range for approaching the cut entrance to piers from Lake Michigan. Rear light is Harbor light. |
Building Materials: | Concrete, metal & brick, wrought steel, riveted construction |
General Description: | Structural steel lined outside with metal. |
Wall Thickness at Base: | |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
Diameter at Base: | 10' 6" |
Diameter at Parapet: | 10' 6" |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | 1 ladder & 2 stairways |
Number of Landings: | 2 |
Size of Glass: | Bullseye 15" dia. |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 3 - 15.5" dia. |
Number of Doors: | 2 |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Fog-signal house for base. |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Water, built on pier in Lake Michigan. |
Soil Susceptibility: | |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | Tower of structural steel framing covered with metal on outside. Cover plates are 3/16" metal. |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | 4th |
Shape of Lantern: | Cylindrical |
Diameter to Glass: | 7' 8 1/16" |
Diameter in the Clear: | 7' 7 5/16" |
Number of Sides: | Cylindrical |
Type of Bars: | Helical |
Thickness of Bars: | |
Height Glazed: | 3' |
Number of Plates in Height: | One |
Number of Plates Each Side: | 23 in all, wholes & halfs |
Thickness of Plates: | 3/8" |
Size of Plates: | 6 - 2' 10 3/4" x 2' 10 3/4"; 1 - 2' 6 3/4" x 2' 10 3/16"; 16 - 17 3/8" x 2' 10 3/4" |
Number of Storm Panes: | Not so fitted |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None |
What Bearings: | |
Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron parapet, lined with sheet steel, cast iron astragals & cornice. cast iron roof lined with zinc. |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Cast iron lined with zinc |
Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron |
Lightning Spindle: | Brass spindle with 5.5" platinum point on ventilator ball |
Description of Lightning Rod: | None |
Balustrade: | Cast iron deck, iron newels, rails & spindles. |
Lantern Doors: | Cast iron door, with glass panel, with bolt & hinges. |
Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron |
Watchroom Doors: | Trap door in floor, fitted with rebates. |
Parapet Diameter: | Cylindrical, 7' 9/16" dia. |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | In parapet, 4 in all, brass, radial pattern. |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Fitted with spring rollers. |
Watchroom |
How is Watchroom Fitted: | Cleaning table. |
How is Relief Called: | |
Where is Call System Led: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | Chance Bros., Birmingham, England. |
Year Made: | |
Marks and Number: | No marks |
Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
Inside Diameter: | 1' 7 5/8" |
Light Characteristic: | Fixed red |
Time of Revolution: | |
Flash Interval: | |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | 4 fixed panels, 360 degrees |
Number of Panels: | 4 |
Number of Flash Panels: | |
Arc of Each: | |
Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 7 |
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 6 |
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 3 |
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: | Cast iron, 3' 6.5" above floor, supported on 4 legs, legs covered with brass tubing. |
Service Table: | None |
Draft Tube Description: | Cast iron 18" dia. |
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: | By chimney of lamps |
Red Sectors Description: | |
Where Color Attached: | To lamps |
Form of Colored Glass: | Chimneys of lamps |
Lamp Description: | 4th order |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 2 |
Number of Spare Burners: | |
Candle Power: |
Vapor Oil Lamp |
Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 wick |
Diameter of Outside Wick: | 1.5" |
Diameter of Mantel: | |
Diameter of Circum Circle: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | None |
Oil House Description: | 5' 8" E from Fog-Signal house on pier |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | 6' 7" x 8' |
Oil House Construction Material: | Wood frame covered with metal |
Oil House Capacity: | 240 5-gal cans |
Other (Describe): | Over coal bin in Fog-signal house. |
Suitability: |
Fog Signal General |
Fog Signal Kind: | Marine boiler, Kingsford pattern & upright steam engine. |
Time to Start: | 30 minutes |
How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
Manufacturer: | J.P. McGuire, now Variety Iron Works, Cleveland, OH. |
Year of Manufacture: | 1896 |
Characteristic: | 3 sec blast then 17 sec silent interval & repeat. |
Duplication: | Boilers & engines. |
Timing Device: | Cam & worm gear on engine |
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | Whistle, 75# |
Height Above Water: | 35' 9" |
Compass Direction: | WNW 3/8 W |
Location: | Channel & harbor entrance & forms base of rear range tower. |
Distance and Direction: | Base of Rear range tower |
Water Supply: | Well in pier |
Reached from Lighthouse: | By elevated walk & pier |
Description of Fog Signal Building: | Bldg of steel construction square on plan 24' x 24', with pyramidal roof, surrounded by octagon tower & black lantern, painted white. |
Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
Steam Signal |
Steam Boiler: | Marine open bottom, horizontal return tubular boiler. |
Kind: | Marine, Kingsford pattern |
Tube: | Flue tube |
Dimensions: | 4' 9" x 6' 6" x 7' 5" |
Length: | 6' 6" |
Diameter: | 4' 9" |
Tube Description: | 102, 58" long |
Steam Tube Diameter: | 2.5" |
Steam Furnace Kind: | Metal, part of boiler |
Furnace Length: | 6' |
Furnace Width: | 4' 3.5" |
Furnace Height: | 1' 6" |
Steam Heat Surface: | 393.95 sq. ft. |
Steam Grate Surface: | 21.25 sq. ft. |
Number of Grate Bars: | 18 double bars & 1 single bar. |
Kind of Grate Bars: | Spade end, double bar, cast iron |
Steam Fuel: | Soft coal |
Steam Safety Valve: | Cast iron, 2.5" dia. with weight & lever |
Steam Maximum Pressure: | 120# hydrostatic pressure. |
Steam Working Pressure: | 75# |
Steam Diameter of Smokestack: | 24" |
Smokestack Height: | 45' to top of smokestack. |
Drum Dimension: | 5' 3.5" |
Steam Drum Diameter: | 2' 6.5" |
Steam Covering: | Not any |
Steam Boiler Condition: | Good |
Steam Boiler Built: | 1896 |
Where Built: | Cleveland, OH |
Manufacturer: | J.P. McGuire, now Variety Iron Works. |
Steam Heater: | False |
Kind: | |
Size: | |
Heater Time Affect: | |
Steam Engine Kind: | Upright |
Steam Engine Revolutions: | 120 rpm |
Steam Engine Cyl. Diameter: | 4" |
Steam Engine Piston Stroke: | 8 1/4" |
Steam Engine Pipe Size: | 1" |
Steam Engine When Built: | 1896 |
Steam Engine Where Built: | Detroit, MI. |
Manufacturer: | Russell Wheel & Foundry Co. |
Whistle Signal |
Whistle Diameter: | 10" |
Whistle Height: | 16 7/8" |
Whistle Orifice: | 4 3/8" |
Whistle Tone: | Single |
Whistle Chime: |
Dwelling |
Location: | On inner end of N pier, near shore line |
Coloring: | Lower portion, red brick, upper frame shingles, green, white trimmings & shingle roofs, stained green. |
Construction Materials: | Brick walls & wood frame construction, shingle roof. |
Number of Rooms: | 7 each side, erected Fall, 1908 |
Number of Dwellings: | Double dwelling |
Heating Plant: | |
Number of Keepers: | 1 keeper & 1 asst. |
Furnished Quarters: | |
NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
Outhouses: | None, all conveniences in dwelling |
Outhouse Coloring: | |
Paths and Walks: | Not any as yet |
Area Inclosed: | None enclosed |
Area of Garden: | Not any, shifting sand. |
Area Timber or Shrubbery: | None |
Cultivation Area Available: | None |
Area Cultivated: | Not any |
Character of Surroundings: | Sandy, shifting. |
Stove, Maker: | |
Stove, Size: | |
Sink, Maker: | |
Sink, Size: | |
Pump, Maker: | |
Pump, Size: | |
Lamps: |
Water |
How Procured: | Fog signal house, well in pier; Dwelling, driven well in each dwelling. |
Quality: | Fog-signal for engine only; Dwelling, good |
Quantity: | Ample |
Injury Possible: | No |
Purity Precaution: | |
Tank Capacity: | 595 gals in SE corner of FS house |
Tank Material: | Steel tank 4' 6" dia, 5' high. |
Distilling Apparatus: | False |
Distilling Manufacturer: | |
Well Description: | F.S. well, 15' deep from floor; Dwellings, 2 drive wells 18' deep |
Well Diameter: | F.S. 2'; Dwellings, wrought iron pipe. |
Well Lining: | Lined with concrete with plank top in Fog Signal House floor. |
Pump or Bucket: | Pumps |
What Power Used: | |
Distance from Dwelling: | Over sinks in pantrys, force pumps on same. |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Good |
Diseases: | |
Prevalency: | |
Local Causes: | |
Recommended Improvements: | No |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | Pier in front of dwellings. |
Distance and Direction: | 64' 10" S'ly to inner face of pier. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | Grounds under repairs; tower, Fog Signal house, elevated walks and dwellings in good condition. Width btwn piers at entrance 325'. N pier extends into Lake in WNW 3/8 W direction. Life Saving Station near inner end of N pier. |