Report for Tillamook Rock (Oregon) - 1881
| General |
| District: | 13th |
| Inspector: | G.L. Gillespie, Maj. of Engineers |
| Location: | On Tillamook Rock, Pacific Ocean, OR. |
| Date of Report: | 07/03/1881 |
| Latitude: | 45° 56" |
| Longitude: | 124° 01" |
| Premises |
| Site: | |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | About 1 acre |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Character of Soil: | Basallic rock |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 115' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | An iron guard fence around top of rock, enclosing a space averaging 12' in width outside the lighthouse. |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Landing on rock is effected by means of a derrick w/ a long boom which swings out over water, a cage being suspended from end, is raised or lowered by hand or steam power. |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By steamboat |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | 30 miles to Astoria. Steamboat landing. |
| Distance to Post Office: | 30 miles |
| Distance to Village: | 30 miles |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | By steamer from town of Astoria, distance 30 miles. |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 light |
| First Built or Established: | 1881 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
| Condition at This Date: | Good |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square on the outside |
| Form of Tower: | |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 48' |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 136' above sea level |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Dark, high hills covered with spruce timber. |
| Color of Tower: | White |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Painted |
| Tower Connection: | Tower rises from roof of keeper's dwelling |
| Object of Navigation: | Seacoast |
| Building Materials: | Stone, lined with brick |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | 2' |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 2' |
| Diameter at Base: | 16' |
| Diameter at Parapet: | 16' |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Iron |
| Number of Landings: | 4 |
| Size of Glass: | 10 x 12" |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 4 windows. Size of sash 2' wide x 4' 6" high |
| Number of Doors: | 5 |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Solid rock |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 1st |
| Shape of Lantern: | |
| Diameter to Glass: | 11' 6" internal dia. |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | 16 |
| Type of Bars: | |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 9' 7" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 3 |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | 3 |
| Thickness of Plates: | 5/16" |
| Size of Plates: | Bottom plates 30 3/4" high, middle 39 1/8", top 44.5" all 27 7/8 wide. |
| Number of Storm Panes: | 3 |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Iron, roof of sheet copper |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Sheet copper |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Sheet copper |
| Lightning Spindle: | Iron with platina point |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | Copper wire rope attached to spindle by rope, led down side of tower to rock, thence down E slope of rock to natural depression abt 25' above sea level; this depression is usually kept full of water by the sea breaking over it. |
| Balustrade: | Iron |
| Lantern Doors: | No doors in lantern |
| Floor of Lantern: | Iron |
| Watchroom Doors: | No door leading from watchroom into lantern |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | Lower part of lantern |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | 1, of iron |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Screwed into upper part of lantern |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | A work bench with lockers underneath. |
| How is Relief Called: | None |
| Where is Call System Led: |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | 5 hours and 15 minutes |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | |
| Year Made: | |
| Marks and Number: | |
| Order of Apparatus: | 1st |
| Inside Diameter: | |
| Light Characteristic: | |
| Time of Revolution: | Makes 1 revolution in 2 minutes |
| Flash Interval: | A flash every 5 sec. |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | Entire circle is illuminated. |
| Number of Panels: | 24 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 18 |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 8 |
| Does Apparatus Revolve?: | True |
| Is There a Revolving Belt?: | False |
| Revolving Panels: | |
| How Flash is Produced: | |
| Number of Vertical Elements Panel: | |
| Fixed Lens Covered: | |
| Pedestal: | Cast iron |
| Service Table: | A wooden service table in watchroom fitted with lockers underneath. |
| Draft Tube Description: | |
| Revolving Machinery: | Clockwork |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | |
| Chariot Description: | |
| Length of Drop Tube: | 32' |
| Clock Weight: | |
| Length of Winding Time: | 5 hours and 15 minutes |
| Drive During Rewind: | |
| Machinery Protection: | Enclosed in a metallic case with glass panel doors. |
| Regulated: | By a fly |
| Lens Protection: | |
| How Color is Produced: | |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | Funk's hydraulic float lamp |
| 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: | Down thru watchroom floor, then horizontally to a well hole in a drift tube built into wall of tower, thence down to base of tower. |
| Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | None |
| Oil House Description: | In base of tower, & in 1 of the storerooms, fitted with wooden stands. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
| Oil House Construction Material: | |
| Oil House Capacity: | 10 100-gal butts, 2 50-gal butts, 1 30-gal butts, 2 10-gal oil can. |
| Other (Describe): | 2 storerooms 11' x 16' in keeper's dwelling in which lighthouse supplies are kept. 1 storeroom 6' x 12' for provisions etc., a large pantry for the kitchen. There are 4 closets; 1 in each keeper's room. Storerooms & closets fitted w/ shelves, lockers, etc |
| Suitability: | Dry & suited to purposes for which they were designed. |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | F. Brown's steam siren |
| Time to Start: | |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| Year of Manufacture: | |
| Characteristic: | Blast of 5 sec., with a blast every 90 sec. |
| Duplication: | |
| Timing Device: | |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | |
| Height Above Water: | |
| Compass Direction: | |
| Location: | On E side of lighthouse to which it is attached. Special object for establishing entrance to mouth of Columbia River & seacoast. |
| Distance and Direction: | Attached |
| Water Supply: | 3 cylindrical iron tanks 6' dia., 17' 9", 28' 6" & 23' 6" long. Rain water caught from roof of lighthouse. Tanks hold 14700 gals in all |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | Attached |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | Bldg is of stone laid in courses 1' high & lined with brick; it is attached to the lighthouse & is 28' wide by 32' long. |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | Surrounds tower. Tower rises from center of roof of dwelling |
| Coloring: | |
| Construction Materials: | Outer walls of cut stone lined with brick. Outer walls raised 6' at top with concrete with steel & concrete roof. |
| Number of Rooms: | 8 |
| Number of Dwellings: | 1 |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 keeper & 3 assts. |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | A brick storehouse (1 story) 20' x 31' |
| Outhouse Coloring: | |
| Paths and Walks: | Concrete walks around bldg. |
| Area Inclosed: | Lighthouse bldg is enclosed by an iron guard fence, embracing an area averaging 12' wide around dwelling |
| Area of Garden: | None |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | None |
| Cultivation Area Available: | None |
| Area Cultivated: | None |
| Character of Surroundings: | None |
| Stove, Maker: | |
| Stove, Size: | |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | |
| Pump, Maker: | Douglas #1 closed spout; Douglas #4 pitcher spout; Knowles steam pump #00 |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | Rain water from roof of dwelling |
| Quality: | Good |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | It is liable to be injured by salt spray being thrown upon roof of dwelling. |
| Purity Precaution: | No precautions have been taken; it is thought that cleaning out the cistern once in 3 years will keep the water good. |
| Tank Capacity: | A wooden tank w/ cap'y of 1100 & a brick cistern cap'y of 18500 gal. Cistern is excavated out of rock, placed 5' from lighthouse. |
| Tank Material: | Tank made of wood. Cistern is made of brick & cement, the inside plastered with cement. |
| 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 platform is 40' above mean sea level from which starts an iron stairway of 75 steps leading up eastern slope of rock to top on which lighthouse is located, 90' above sea level. |
| Distance and Direction: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Tools And Accessories |
| Lantern Curtains: | 2 sets |
| Lens Covers: | 2 |
| Damper Tube and Key: | 2 |
| Spare Damper and Key: | 1 |
| Carillon for Overflow Pump: | None |
| Time Marker: | |
| Gauge: | |
| Spare Lamp Ready for Use: | 1 |
| Rod Lamp Ready for Use: | 1 |
| Curtain Hanger: | 1 |
| Heater: | None |
| Spare Lamp Cover: | 1 |
| Lamp Stand: | |
| Mechanical Lamp Cords: | |
| Revolving Machinery Cords: | Cords |
| Revolving Machinery Weights: | Cast iron, weight 500 lbs. |
| Clutch: | 1 |
| Spare Fly Or Governor: | 1 |
| Gauge for Oil Cistern: | 2 |
| Feather Brushes: | 2 |
| Linen Towels: | 30 |
| Sponges: | 5 |
| Chamois Skins: | 4 |
| Scissors: | 2 pair straight, 2 curved |
| Chimney Filters: | 2 |
| Coupling Pliers: | 1 |
| Service Box and Implements: | 1 |
| Cleaning Materials: | Rotten stone, rouge powder, spirits of wine |
| Keepers Aprons: | 6 |
| Wicks: |