Report for Windmill Point Front Range (Michigan) - 1909
| General |
| District: | 11th |
| Inspector: | Ralph R. Tinkham |
| Location: | On Windmill Point, N side of outlet of Lake St. Claire in the rear of Windmill Point Light Station. |
| Date of Report: | 03/28/1909 |
| Latitude: | 42° 21' 33.3" |
| Longitude: | 82° 55' 50.7" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Purchase |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | 08/11/1837 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 3 3/4 acres besides roadway & submarine site |
| Area Inclosed: | 3 3/4 acres |
| Character of Soil: | Sandy |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | About 50' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Inclosing tower dwelling & oil house - concrete sea wall on lake side & picket fence on N'ly & W'ly sides. Inclosing remainder of site, range towers & out bldgs - a Page wire fence. |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | 1 landing for small boats. |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | No road from dwelling to landing. A cement wall connects the two. |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By small boat from Detroit River & Lake St. Claire or by Public Highway. |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | 500' to public road, thence 1 mile to main highway: Jefferson Ave. - Detroit Ry. sta. 7.5 miles. |
| Distance to Post Office: | 7.5 miles, Detroit. |
| Distance to Village: | 7.5 miles, Detroit City Hall |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | Street car on Jefferson Ave. to Fox Creek a little over 1 mile from light station. |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | From Detroit by way of Jefferson Ave. & Fox Creek road or by water in tender & launch. |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Steel tower |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
| First Built or Established: | 1891 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | Rebuilt in 1907 |
| Condition at This Date: | Good |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Circular |
| Form of Tower: | Conical |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 41' 6" |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 42' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Sparsely wooded |
| Color of Tower: | White |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
| Tower Connection: | Detached - same keeper & dwelling as for Windmill Point Light Station. |
| Object of Navigation: | Range for channel btwn Belle Isle & Isle aux Peches, Detroit River. |
| Building Materials: | Concrete foundation; 1/4" & 3/16" steel plate. |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | 1/4" steel plate |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 3/16" steel plate |
| Diameter at Base: | 8' |
| Diameter at Parapet: | 4' |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Vertical iron ladders - 1" x 15" rounds |
| Number of Landings: | None |
| Size of Glass: | None |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | None |
| Number of Doors: | 1, of steel plate |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Concrete, 5' below surface |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Sandy, loam top soil |
| Soil Susceptibility: | Yes, by grass, shrubbery & trees |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Front tower stands just inside W line & 140' S of NW corner of site. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | Reflector |
| Shape of Lantern: | Cylindrical |
| Diameter to Glass: | Center of tower to surface of glass - 2' 9 1/4" |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | Circular, extended on 1 side for glass plate |
| Type of Bars: | None |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 3' |
| Number of Plates in Height: | One |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | One plate only |
| Thickness of Plates: | 1/4" |
| Size of Plates: | 36" x 28" |
| Number of Storm Panes: | None |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | Cylindrical steel plate - 315 degrees |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | 3/16" steel plate & 2.5" x 2.5" x 1/4" angles. |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Conical & of 3/16" steel plate. |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | 8" globe ventilator |
| Lightning Spindle: | None |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | None |
| Balustrade: | None |
| Lantern Doors: | None |
| Floor of Lantern: | None |
| Watchroom Doors: | None; tower is open from base to top of lantern. |
| Parapet Diameter: | 4' 11 5/8" inside dia. of steel shell of lantern. |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | 2 - 8" x 10" perforated slide ventilators in door housing at base of tower. |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | None |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | Adams & Westlake |
| Year Made: | |
| Marks and Number: | No. 1065 - 23" |
| Order of Apparatus: | Reflector |
| Inside Diameter: | |
| Light Characteristic: | Fixed |
| 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: | Headlights are supported by & raised & lowered in a cage having a platform of pine 2' 8" x 2' 3" in plan humg on a double bail of 5/8" round iron, joined at peak & hung by an eye bolt. |
| 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: | Headlight is glazed with light ruby glass |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | Illuminating apparatus |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | Headlight lamp, 1 wick |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 headlight complete |
| Number of Spare Burners: | |
| Candle Power: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | None |
| Oil House Description: | Circular, 50' N'ly from tower. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 6' dia. |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Steel plate outside to conical roof. Walls lined with brick. |
| Oil House Capacity: | 45 5-gal cans = 225 gals. |
| Other (Describe): | In old part of dwelling: 2 closets, 1 pantry on 1st floor, 3 closets on 2nd floor. In new part, 1 pantry 1st floor, 3 closets on 2nd floor. |
| Suitability: | Suitable |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | Attached to tower by covered passage 15' long. Old dwelling was added to in 1908 & converted into a double dwelling. |
| Coloring: | Natural color of red brick, & red roof. |
| Construction Materials: | Concrete foundations, brick walls, roof - metal slates. |
| Number of Rooms: | 10 rooms & hall in part nearest tower; 8 rooms, pantry & hall in new part; cellar under both parts. |
| Number of Dwellings: | |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 keeper & family; 1 asst. keeper & family. |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Oil house, privy, 2 barns, wash house. |
| Outhouse Coloring: | Oil house red, privy & wash house yellow, 1 barn gray, 1 barn yellow w/ metal slate roof |
| Paths and Walks: | Wood walk connecting front entrances & boat landing. Also, connecting rear entrances to privy, oil house, 1 barn & 1 Range tower. |
| Area Inclosed: | Entire site, 3 3/4 acres. |
| Area of Garden: | 1/2 acre |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | None |
| Cultivation Area Available: | All that not occupied by bldgs etc - about 1.5 acres. |
| Area Cultivated: | 1/2 acre |
| Character of Surroundings: | Fast ground. |
| Stove, Maker: | |
| Stove, Size: | |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | |
| Pump, Maker: | |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | From drive wells in basements of dbl dwelling. |
| Quality: | |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | No |
| Purity Precaution: | |
| Tank Capacity: | |
| Tank Material: | |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | Drive wells |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | Pumps in basement |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: | In basements of dwellings. |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Boat landing: board walk 4' 6" x 98' 6" on light trestle work leads from sea wall to landing crib 29' 6" x 9' 3" decked with plank, from which a short walk, 8', leads to another landing 8' x 12' on W side of crib. At MLL landing can be reached by launch. |
| Distance and Direction: | Landing walk starts at sea wall directly in front of dwelling, about 30' distant & extends in a SE'ly direction. |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | New double privy of red brick with vaults will be built, season of 1909, about 25' N from rear of dwelling. Dimensions 6' x 12' in plan & 8' to eaves. |