Report for Upper Coal Beds (New York) - 1887

General
District: 3rd
Inspector: Lt. John Millis, Engr, 3rd Dist.
Location: On shoal in mid-river about 1/2 mile N of Germantown, NY
Date of Report: 02/03/1887
Latitude: 40° 08' 38"
Longitude: 73° 53' 50"
Premises
Site:
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: Circle 100' dia.
Area Inclosed:
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: High water line on pier
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: Small boat
Distance to Nearest Road: 1/2 mile to Germantown Station on HRRR
Distance to Post Office: 1/2 mile
Distance to Village: 1/2 mile
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance: Small boat from Germantown Station in HRRR 1/2 mile
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Stake or spar
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1884
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
Condition at This Date: Good
Shape of Tower in Plan:
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: 20'
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 30'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Land
Color of Tower: Spar painted white
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Detached
Object of Navigation: Marks southern extremity of Upper Coal Beds.
Building Materials: Wood
General Description: Spar 8" at base or bottom & 5" at top end & 25' long is set with arm or crane attached for hanging lantern, secured to deck by means of cleats & braces, rip rap is placed on outside up to bottom of crib work.
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps:
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass:
Number of Windows and Size of Sash:
Number of Doors:
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: Crib pier resting on pile foundation of 56 piles driven from 35 to 40' so as to form a square 20x20', 6" above low water, piles are cut off & capped; upon this a crib 13' high, having a batter of 4' on each face, is built & filled with stone from bottom.
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Sides of crib sheathed w/ 3" oak & top or deck w/ 3" pine plank. On up & down stream corners, large plates of 1/2" iron are fastened. Other corners protected by 1/2 x3" iron straps, 4 in number.
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: Western River Lantern
Shape of Lantern:
Diameter to Glass:
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides:
Type of Bars:
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed:
Number of Plates in Height:
Number of Plates Each Side:
Thickness of Plates:
Size of Plates:
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern:
Construction Material Roof / Cowl:
Ventilator / Cowl:
Lightning Spindle:
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade:
Lantern Doors:
Floor of Lantern:
Watchroom Doors:
Parapet Diameter:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker:
Year Made:
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: Western River Lantern
Inside Diameter:
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
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 Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: Western River Lantern
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps:
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use:
Oil House Description:
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity: 25 5-gal cans.
Other (Describe):
Suitability:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse:
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Good condition.