Report for Throgs Neck Light Station (New York) - 1935

General
District: 3rd
Inspector: R. G. Lamb
Location: On point of Throgs Neck, Fort Schuyler, Westchester, NY. Northerly side of East River.
Date of Report: 01/03/1935
Latitude: 40° 48' 16.5"
Longitude: 73° 47' 27.875"
Premises
Site: Permit on military reservation of fort Schuyler.
Date of Reservation: 08/02/1900
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission: 04/20/1933
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 0.35 acres
Area Inclosed: 0.25 acres with a pipe rail fence
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: 16 feet
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: 0.25 acres with a pipe rail fence
Wharf or Landing on Premises: None
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: Subway to Westchester Square and bus to Ft. Schuyler, then walk 1 mile or boat to Ft. Schuyler.
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office:
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Skeleton tower
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1827
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: Dec. 1934
Condition at This Date:
Shape of Tower in Plan: Square
Form of Tower: Pyramidal skeleton tower
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 64 feet
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Fort and trees.
Color of Tower: Red
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Detached
Object of Navigation: Long Island Sound & East River for general navigation.
Building Materials: Steel shapes
General Description: Red pyramidal skeletong tower with white tankhouse in base.
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Iron ladder part of tower.
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass:
Number of Windows and Size of Sash:
Number of Doors: 1, 1'8" wide by 6'1" high.
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Tower is 60 ft. steel tower with tankhouse.
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 375mm electric lantern
Shape of Lantern: Cylindrical
Diameter to Glass: 375mm
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides:
Type of Bars: Helical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed:
Number of Plates in Height: 1
Number of Plates Each Side:
Thickness of Plates:
Size of Plates:
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Brass
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Copper
Ventilator / Cowl:
Lightning Spindle:
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade: Pipe rail.
Lantern Doors:
Floor of Lantern: Iron
Watchroom Doors:
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: None
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement:
Curtain Hooks / Hanger:


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: None
How is Relief Called:
Where is Call System Led:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 5000 cp
Name of Maker: 3rd Dist., U.S.L.H.Service
Year Made: 1934
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: 375mm
Inside Diameter:
Light Characteristic: Fixed red.
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part: 360 degrees
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:
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 shade.
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached: Buoy shade inside of lens.
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: 1000 watt
Type of Illuminant: Electricity
Number of Spare Lamps: 7
Number of Spare Burners: A fixed red light of 200cp for backup.
Candle Power:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: Tankhouse in base fitted with auxiliary fog bell machine & batteries for operating auxiliary light.
Oil House Description:
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe): A frame storehouse is built on the north side of the dwelling.
Suitability: Dry, suited
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Electric fog bell & auxiliary weith machine
Time to Start: None.
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer:
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic: 1 stroke, silent 10 sec., 1 stroke, 10 sec. silent.
Duplication: If electricity fails an auxiliary machine is operated by gravity.
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location: East river channel.
Distance and Direction: Located at base of tower.
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse: It is licated at base of tower.
Description of Fog Signal Building:
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Dwelling
Location: North of tower.
Coloring: White
Construction Materials: Frame.
Number of Rooms:
Number of Dwellings:
Heating Plant: Ideal, I-W-8 Red flash. Jacketed 800 Sq. Ft. radiation. Grate area, 3.17 sq. ft.
Number of Keepers: 1
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: 1 frame storehouse.
Outhouse Coloring: White.
Paths and Walks: Concrete walks around house to storehouse & tower.
Area Inclosed:
Area of Garden:
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
Cultivation Area Available: All
Area Cultivated: All
Character of Surroundings: Clay
Stove, Maker:
Stove, Size:
Sink, Maker:
Sink, Size:
Pump, Maker:
Pump, Size:
Lamps: Electric lights.
Water
How Procured: NY city water through the Merchant Marine Ac.
Quality: Good
Quantity: Ample
Injury Possible: No.
Purity Precaution:
Tank Capacity:
Tank Material:
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:
Prevalency:
Local Causes:
Recommended Improvements:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Landing is the old wharf belonging to Ft. Schuyler & the roads are the macadam roads of the Army.
Distance and Direction: West 500 feet.
Miscellaneous Remarks: Moved & rebuilt in 1934.