Report for Stratford Shoals (New York) - 1880
| General |
| District: | 3rd |
| Inspector: | Genl. J.C. Duane, Engineer, 3rd LH Dist. |
| Location: | On Middle Ground, Long Island Sound, NY, off Bridgeport, CT. |
| Date of Report: | 03/03/1880 |
| Latitude: | 41° 03' 32" |
| Longitude: | 73° 05' 45" |
| Premises |
| Site: | |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 100' radius |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Character of Soil: | Gravel bottom |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Pier railing of iron |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Ladder for ascending to pier |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | None |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | Sailboat from Port Jefferson or Bridgeport. A small steamer plying btwn Bridgeport & Port Jefferson during the summer months passes w/i hailing distance 3 times daily. |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | |
| Distance to Post Office: | Port Jefferson, L.I., 7 miles |
| Distance to Village: | Port Jefferson, L.I., 7 miles |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | Sail boat from Bridgeport, 8 miles. |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower of cut stone |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
| First Built or Established: | 1877 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
| Condition at This Date: | Good |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square at base & irregular octagon at top. |
| Form of Tower: | |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 40' to focal plane. |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 63' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Long Island Sound on all sides. |
| Color of Tower: | Very light grey. |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Natural color of granite |
| Tower Connection: | Tower adjoining dwelling being built in centre of front, projecting 5'. |
| Object of Navigation: | Marks location of the shoals. |
| Building Materials: | Granite facing - brick lining. |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | 18" |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | Top of tower under lantern 14". |
| Diameter at Base: | 10' 4" square |
| Diameter at Parapet: | 7' parapet of lantern, octagonal in shape. |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Iron circular stairway, cast iron steps supported by central newel & outside carriers. |
| Number of Landings: | 2 landings of 180 degrees & 1 small landing at foot of lantern steps. |
| Size of Glass: | |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 5 windows. |
| Number of Doors: | 4 doors, 3 into dwelling, 1 to lantern stairs. |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Annular rip-rap foundation concrete interior, from shoal to low water 5.5'. Granite pier 23' high, 55' dia. at base, 48' dia. at top; stones all headers, backing of concrete & enrockment of 4000 tons, granite block. |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | During summer of 1878, 4000 tons of enrockment or large rip-rap were placed for further protection of pier. This stone was placed E & W or in direction of Sound & in S side in 2 fittings so as to form a harbor for protection to small boat in landing. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 4th |
| Shape of Lantern: | |
| Diameter to Glass: | 7' across octagon |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | 8 |
| Type of Bars: | |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 3' |
| Number of Plates in Height: | One |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | One |
| Thickness of Plates: | 3/8" |
| Size of Plates: | 34 1/4" x 36 1/4" |
| Number of Storm Panes: | 2 |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Cast & wrought iron |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Copper w/ zinc lining |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Copper |
| Lightning Spindle: | Pinnacle - platinum point. |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | 5/8" copper wire rope attached to iron brackets under lantern deck, down corner of tower, forming connection w/ & attached to boat cranes, railing of pier & down ladder to water. |
| Balustrade: | Wrought iron railing. |
| Lantern Doors: | 1 hung in brass hinge & spring bolt. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron plates of deck. |
| Watchroom Doors: | Small door at bottom of lantern flight of stairs, which are encased in plate iron. |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | 3 cast brass in parapet of lantern. |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None required. |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Screwed into upper cast iron ring of lantern. |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | 2nd landing of stairs forms watchroom in which is placed hammer to fog bell - Striking machine is hung under this landing bell out front or S window. |
| How is Relief Called: | None |
| Where is Call System Led: |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | |
| Year Made: | |
| Marks and Number: | |
| Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
| Inside Diameter: | |
| Light Characteristic: | |
| Time of Revolution: | 2 minutes |
| Flash Interval: | 30 sec. |
| Duration of Flash: | 10 sec. |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | Horizon 360 degrees |
| Number of Panels: | 4 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 7 |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 5 |
| Does Apparatus Revolve?: | True |
| Is There a Revolving Belt?: | False |
| Revolving Panels: | |
| How Flash is Produced: | Whole apparatus revolves. |
| Number of Vertical Elements Panel: | |
| Fixed Lens Covered: | |
| Pedestal: | Square cast iron truncated corners forms box or coolring to revolving machinery - 4 glass doors. |
| Service Table: | Iron |
| Draft Tube Description: | Cast iron tube 6" dia. |
| Revolving Machinery: | Machinery, clock work placed in interior of lens pedestal. |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | |
| Chariot Description: | |
| Length of Drop Tube: | 24' |
| Clock Weight: | |
| Length of Winding Time: | |
| Drive During Rewind: | |
| Machinery Protection: | Enclosed in cast iron pedestal plate glass doors on 4 sides. |
| Regulated: | Fan regulator. |
| Lens Protection: | |
| How Color is Produced: | White |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | 4th order Funck, 2 wicks |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 5 |
| Candle Power: |
| Clock Cord Description |
| Revolving Cord: | |
| Size of Clock Cord: | |
| Length of Clock Cord: | |
| How Led: | Thru deck, off to 1 corner of tower where a pocket is formed in brick lining open all way down. |
| Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | None |
| Oil House Description: | Oil room adjoining tower fitted w/ closet work bench - oil butts placed in tower. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
| Oil House Construction Material: | |
| Oil House Capacity: | 2 - 100 gallon oil butts; 1 - 10 gallon oil can; Oil butts placed in niches in brick wall & upon blue stone bases built for purpose in 1st story of tower near foot of iron stairway. |
| Other (Describe): | Pantry in kitchen closet in living room & large cellar for stores & coal bin. 1 closet in each bedroom. |
| Suitability: | Dry & suited. |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | Bell |
| Time to Start: | |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| Year of Manufacture: | |
| Characteristic: | Struck by Stevens striking apparatus 3 times in quick succession at intervals of 30 sec. |
| Duplication: | |
| Timing Device: | |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | |
| Height Above Water: | |
| Compass Direction: | |
| Location: | S side of tower, hung out of 3rd story window. |
| Distance and Direction: | |
| Water Supply: | |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
| Bell Signal |
| Weight: | 1144 lbs |
| Metal: | Bell metal |
| Diameter: | |
| Height: | |
| Time: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| Weights for Operation: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | Dwelling & tower form 1 bldg. |
| Coloring: | |
| Construction Materials: | Granite facing of walls - brick & plaster lining - Slate roof - galvanized iron cornice & gutters. |
| Number of Rooms: | 9 rooms, kitchen, living & sitting rooms, supply room, 5 bedrooms, cellar & garret lighted by sky lights. |
| Number of Dwellings: | |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 principal & 2 assistants. |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | None |
| Outhouse Coloring: | |
| Paths and Walks: | None |
| Area Inclosed: | Wrought iron fences around top of pier 48' dia. |
| 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: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | Rain from roof. |
| Quality: | Good |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | No |
| Purity Precaution: | Filters |
| Tank Capacity: | 1 cistern adjoining cellar - 2400 gals.; Circular cistern in pier under cellar, 4700 gallons. |
| Tank Material: | Brick lining in concrete of pier, inside cemented. |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Good |
| Diseases: | None |
| Prevalency: | No |
| Local Causes: | No |
| Recommended Improvements: | No |