Report for Cape Hatteras Light Station (North Carolina) - 1927

General
District: 5th
Inspector: C.N. Vinson
Location: Seacoast of North Carolina about 2 miles north of the southern extremity of the point of the cape.
Date of Report: 06/11/1927
Latitude: 35° 15' 14"
Longitude: 75° 30' 56"
Premises
Site: Site purchased from Pharoah farrow of Hyde County, N.C.
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 07/23/1828
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: About 40 acres
Area Inclosed: 2 acres, some now in sea
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: 145 yards
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises: No.
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: By water Pamlico Sound in Cape Channel, thence 1 mile to station overland.
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office: Buxton, PO distant 2 miles.
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Brick tower.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1798
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: April, 1927
Condition at This Date:
Shape of Tower in Plan:
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 189 feet
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Wood & sky.
Color of Tower: Brick red base stone facing, Black & white spiral bands.
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Detached.
Object of Navigation: See coast.
Building Materials: Brick.
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Iron.
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass: 12" x 18"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 7 windows iron sash 2' 3" x 6' 5"
Number of Doors:
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 1st order
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal
Diameter to Glass: 12' 6"
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides:
Type of Bars: Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 9' 9"
Number of Plates in Height: 3
Number of Plates Each Side: 3
Thickness of Plates: 1/4"
Size of Plates: 2' 6.75" x 2' 3.75"; 3' 3.25" x 2' 3.75"; 3' 8.75" x 2' 3.75"
Number of Storm Panes: None.
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Copper, glass & stone.
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Iron.
Ventilator / Cowl: Copper.
Lightning Spindle: Copper with platinum point.
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade: Iron.
Lantern Doors: 2 Outer, 1 of iron miner wood hinged.
Floor of Lantern: Iron.
Watchroom Doors: Iron with lock 3 hinges.
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: 8 in lower part of lantern
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: 2 iron ladders.
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Curtains hung on rollers.


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: No lockers.
How is Relief Called: Telephones.
Where is Call System Led: Tower to keepers dwellings.
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus: 15 hours
Intensity in Candles: 80,000 cp
Name of Maker: Henry Leipoute, Paris
Year Made: Unknown
Marks and Number: None.
Order of Apparatus: 1st order
Inside Diameter: 6' 1.5"
Light Characteristic: Flashing white every 6 seconds.
Time of Revolution: 2' 24"
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 24
Number of Flash Panels: 24
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 27
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 11
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 4
Does Apparatus Revolve?: True
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
Revolving Panels:
How Flash is Produced:
Number of Vertical Elements Panel:
Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal: Round pedestel clock mounted on inside of pedestal which supports the lens.
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description: Iron - 3.5" diam. by sliding connection.
Revolving Machinery:
Standby and Description:
Chariot Float or Balls: Chariot
Chariot Description: 8 chariot wheels 6 3/8" diam.; 11 3 3/8" wheels attached to lens. Chariot wheels fitted with ball thrust bearings.
Length of Drop Tube: T rails, 130' 4" (inside tower)
Clock Weight: 150 lbs.
Length of Winding Time: 15 hours
Drive During Rewind: No.
Machinery Protection: Glass case & doors.
Regulated: Fly ball governor.
Lens Protection:
How Color is Produced:
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description:
Type of Illuminant: Kerosene
Number of Spare Lamps: 1
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power:


Clock Cord Description
Revolving Cord: Wire rope.
Size of Clock Cord: 1/4"
Length of Clock Cord: 160 feet
How Led:
Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: 8' x 12"


Vapor Oil Lamp
Number of Wicks or Mantels: 1 mantel
Diameter of Outside Wick:
Diameter of Mantel: 55 mm
Diameter of Circum Circle:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: 1 closet on upper landing.
Oil House Description: 1200 gallon tank for bulk oil
Oil House Inside Dimension: 7' x 12' x 14'
Oil House Construction Material: Brick
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe): Closet upper landing fitted with shelves.
Suitability: Dry & suitable for purpose
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: None
Time to Start:
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer:
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic:
Duplication:
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:
Dwelling
Location: 2 about 100 yards NW of tower
Coloring: White
Construction Materials: Brick and wood.
Number of Rooms: 7 in keepers, 12 rooms used by ass't. keepers.
Number of Dwellings: 2
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: 1 keeper, 2 assistants.
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: 2 store houses & 1 full house
Outhouse Coloring: White & lead color.
Paths and Walks: Concrete.
Area Inclosed:
Area of Garden:
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
Cultivation Area Available: About 1 acres.
Area Cultivated: 1 acre.
Character of Surroundings: Marsh & sand.
Stove, Maker: New Baltimore
Stove, Size: #7
Sink, Maker: Standard Sanitary Company
Sink, Size: 2' x 18"
Pump, Maker: Goulds
Pump, Size: #2
Lamps:
Water
How Procured: Caught in cisterns from dwellings.
Quality: Good.
Quantity: Ample.
Injury Possible: Not liable to be injured.
Purity Precaution: None except keeping clean.
Tank Capacity: About 4000 gallons beside dwellings
Tank Material: Brick & cement.
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description: No well.
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket:
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling:
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Subject to conditions usually found in the vicinity of swamp.
Diseases: No prevalent diseases.
Prevalency:
Local Causes: Yes.
Recommended Improvements:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Sand road to station. Smiths Landing about 2 miles from stantion. Landing on Sound side.
Distance and Direction: 2 miles NW of station.
Miscellaneous Remarks: