Report for Wade Point Light-Station (North Carolina) - 1909

General
District: 5th
Inspector: John Murdoch, Assistant Light-House Engineer
Location: Wade Point, NC, on E'ly part of the shoal making off from Wade Point, about 3.75 miles to the E'd of the point and on the E'ly side of the entrance to Pasquotank River, N'ly side of albamarle Sound.
Date of Report: 11/25/1909
Latitude: 36° 09' 22"
Longitude: 75° 58' 40"
Premises
Site: Submarine
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site:
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Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark:
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: By railroad to Elizabeth City, NC, then by small boat to station.
Distance to Nearest Road: 15 miles to Elizabeth City, NC, railroad station.
Distance to Post Office: Old Trap, Camden Co., 7 miles
Distance to Village: Elizabeth City, 15 miles.
Facilities for Public Conveyance: None.
Facilities for Private Conveyance: Small boat from railroad station & steamboat landing.
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Dwelling.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1826
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: Rebuilt 1899
Condition at This Date: Good
Shape of Tower in Plan: Square structure.
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 39'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Woods.
Color of Tower: White; substructure brown.
Color of Tower/ How Produced: By paint.
Tower Connection: No tower.
Object of Navigation: Local navigation.
Building Materials:
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Wood.
Number of Landings: 2
Size of Glass: 8" x 12"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 10; 26.5" x 28.5" x 1.5"
Number of Doors: 12
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: Wooden piles incased by iron sleeves with screws; 42 feet.
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 4th
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal
Diameter to Glass: 7 feet
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 8
Type of Bars: Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 36"
Number of Plates in Height: 1
Number of Plates Each Side: 1
Thickness of Plates: 3/8"
Size of Plates: 36" x 34"
Number of Storm Panes: None.
Unglazed Side of Lantern: None.
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Wood, iron & copper.
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Copper.
Ventilator / Cowl: Copper
Lightning Spindle: Brass
Description of Lightning Rod: Copper, attached to base of lantern, led over roof to side of house & to water.
Balustrade: Wood.
Lantern Doors: Wood, fitted with hinges to frame of lantern.
Floor of Lantern: Wood.
Watchroom Doors: None.
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: Lower part of lantern.
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: None.
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Screwed into frame of lantern.


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: None.
How is Relief Called:
Where is Call System Led:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker: Not known
Year Made: Not known
Marks and Number: None.
Order of Apparatus: 4th
Inside Diameter: 19.5"
Light Characteristic: Fixed white.
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 4
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 5
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 5
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 3
Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
Revolving Panels:
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Number of Vertical Elements Panel:
Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal: Iron
Service Table: None.
Draft Tube Description: None.
Revolving Machinery:
Standby and Description:
Chariot Float or Balls:
Chariot Description:
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How Color is Produced:
Red Sectors Description:
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Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: Improved, 1 wick.
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps: 2
Number of Spare Burners: None.
Candle Power:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: Room on 1st floor, fitted with oilstand covered with zinc.
Oil House Description:
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe): On 1st floor, fitted with shelves, for general purposes.
Suitability: Dry & suitable.
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Stevens bell machine.
Time to Start: 1 minute.
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer: Geo. M. Stevens Co., Boston, Mass.
Year of Manufacture: Unknown.
Characteristic: A dpib;e b;pw everu 20 seconds.
Duplication: None.
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location:
Distance and Direction:
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse:
Description of Fog Signal Building:
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Bell Signal
Weight: 1200 lbs.
Metal: Bell metal
Diameter: 36"
Height: 26"
Time: 3/4 hour.
Manufacturer:
Weights for Operation:
Dwelling
Location: No tower.
Coloring: White
Construction Materials: Wood.
Number of Rooms: 6
Number of Dwellings:
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: 1 keeper & 1 assistant.
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses:
Outhouse Coloring:
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Lamps:
Water
How Procured: From roof.
Quality: Good.
Quantity: Ample.
Injury Possible: Not liable.
Purity Precaution: Tanks cleaned twice each year.
Tank Capacity: 4 tanks, 200 galls. each on 1st floor.
Tank Material: Iron.
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description:
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Healthfulness
General Opinion: Generally healthy
Diseases: Malarial
Prevalency: Spring & fall.
Local Causes: Freash water & swamps.
Recommended Improvements: No.