Report for White Shoal (Virginia)

General
District: 5th
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Location:
Date of Report:
Latitude: 37° 01' 19"
Longitude: 76° 31' 40"
Premises
Site: In 2' water on lower end of White Shoal VA., N'ly side of main channel of James River.
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Means to Reach Light Station: By boat
Distance to Nearest Road: 10 miles to Smithfield
Distance to Post Office: Smithfield
Distance to Village: Smithfield
Facilities for Public Conveyance: None
Facilities for Private Conveyance: By sail boat 10 miles
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Lantern on house
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1855
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: 1871
Condition at This Date: Good
Shape of Tower in Plan: Hexagonal
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Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 32.5'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Sky
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Screwpile house, lantern on dwelling
Object of Navigation: Local
Building Materials: Substructure iron - superstructure wood.
General Description:
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Size of Glass: 8" x 13" & 9" x 13"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 8 - 2' 6" x 2' 8"; 5 - 2' x 17.5"
Number of Doors: 19
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: 6 wooden piles with cast iron sleeves
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
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Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 4th
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal
Diameter to Glass: 6' 6"
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 9
Type of Bars: Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 36"
Number of Plates in Height: One
Number of Plates Each Side: One
Thickness of Plates: 3/8"
Size of Plates: 36" x 28"
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Construction Material Lantern: Iron
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Copper
Ventilator / Cowl: Copper
Lightning Spindle: Copper with platinum point
Description of Lightning Rod: Attached to lower jamb of lantern & led over roof & down side of house & fastened to piles by set screw.
Balustrade: Wood
Lantern Doors: Hung outside parapet dorm of lantern by hinges.
Floor of Lantern: Wood
Watchroom Doors: Trap door in lantern floor.
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Ventilators
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Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: Small step ladder
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Screwed into corners
Illuminating Apparatus
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Order of Apparatus: 6th
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Arc of Each Fixed Part: Fixed with red sector
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Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
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Pedestal: Iron
Service Table: Wood
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Red Sectors Description: Fixed white to S'd of 305 degrees 30' (NW 7/8 W) & 125 degrees 30' (SE 7/8 E)l fixed red to N'd.
Where Color Attached: To lantern
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Lamp Description: 1 wick
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Closets and Store Rooms
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Oil House Description: Oil on stand covered with zinc in upper room.
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Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Stevens fog bell machine
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Characteristic: Struck by machinery single blow every 10 sec
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Dwelling
Location: Lantern on top of house
Coloring: White, brown roof
Construction Materials: Superstructure wood
Number of Rooms: 3
Number of Dwellings:
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Number of Keepers: 1 keeper, 1 asst
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Water
How Procured: From roof
Quality: Good
Quantity: Ample
Injury Possible: No
Purity Precaution: In tank
Tank Capacity: 900 gal
Tank Material: Iron
Distilling Apparatus: False
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Healthfulness
General Opinion: Good
Diseases: None
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