Report for Whitestone Point (New York) - 1889
| General |
| District: | 3rd |
| Inspector: | LH Engineer 3rd dist. per Edw. L. Woodruff, asst. |
| Location: | On Whitestone Point, East River, NY |
| Date of Report: | 12/25/1889 |
| Latitude: | 110° 48' 02" |
| Longitude: | 73° 49' 12" |
| Premises |
| Site: | |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 25' sq. |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | About 30' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | None - land on Dandy beach |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | None |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By carriage road from Whitestone Landing. |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | About 1/2 mile to Whitestone Landing & station of LI RR |
| Distance to Post Office: | About 1 mile |
| Distance to Village: | About 1 mile |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | By carriage from Whitestone |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
| First Built or Established: | 1889 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
| Condition at This Date: | Good |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square |
| Form of Tower: | |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 20' |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 40' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Shrubbery trees on bank |
| Color of Tower: | Lower part white; upper part wood. |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint & natural color of wood |
| Tower Connection: | No dwelling |
| Object of Navigation: | River light |
| Building Materials: | |
| General Description: | Tower is a frustum of a square pyramid 15' at base, 6' at top & 19' high surmounted by an open lantern shaped covering 6.5' high. |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
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| Diameter at Parapet: | |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Wooden ladder |
| Number of Landings: | None |
| Size of Glass: | |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 4 windows |
| Number of Doors: | 1 door |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Brick piers below frost line. |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Sandy & loam |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Lower portion is clap-boarded & painted white; Upper portion contains an open gallery for fog bell; gallery has arched openings on 3 sides all shiny lead. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | No glazed lantern - Lens lantern used. |
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| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | |
| Lightning Spindle: | |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | None |
| Balustrade: | None |
| Lantern Doors: | Trap doors in each of the upper floors. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Exposed floors are of wood turned. |
| Watchroom Doors: | None |
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| Illuminating Apparatus |
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| 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: | |
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| Number of Vertical Elements Panel: | |
| Fixed Lens Covered: | |
| Pedestal: | |
| Service Table: | |
| Draft Tube Description: | |
| Revolving Machinery: | |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | |
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| How Color is Produced: | |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | 6th order Funck lamp |
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| Number of Spare Lamps: | |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 3 in complete set. |
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| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | Closets formed in the lining in lower portion. |
| Oil House Description: | None |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
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| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | 1223 lb bell operated by Stevens striking apparatus |
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| Characteristic: | Double blow every 30 sec. |
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| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | |
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| Description of Fog Signal Building: | |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
| Bell Signal |
| Weight: | 1223 lbs |
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