Report for Cape Meares (Oregon) - 1910
| General |
| District: | 13th |
| Inspector: | Major J. F. McIndoe, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. |
| Location: | Situated on the W'trly extremity of Cape Meares, Oregon |
| Date of Report: | 02/28/1910 |
| Latitude: | 45° 29' 00" |
| Longitude: | 123° 58' 25" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Reserved by executive order. |
| Date of Reservation: | 05/30/1899 |
| Date of Deed: | |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 232.84 Acres |
| Area Inclosed: | About 12 acres enclosed by wire & woven wire fence. |
| Character of Soil: | Loamy. |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | About 50' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Yard around dwellings is inclosed w picket fence; garden is inclosed w woven wire fence. |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | A dirt road about 2 M long leads to small boat landing on Tillamook Bay known as Barnegat. |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By tream from Tillamook City or by launch or small boat to landing in bay, then on foot to station. |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | 4-1/2 M to junction of lighthouse road w county road leading to Tillamook. |
| Distance to Post Office: | There is Post Office (Barnegat) at the station. |
| Distance to Village: | Netarts - 6 M; Tillamock - 9M |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None beyond Tillamook City |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | Hire a team from Tillamook City - 9 M, also by launch from same place to Barnegat - 2 M from station. |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
| First Built or Established: | 1890 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
| Condition at This Date: | Fair. |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Octogonal. |
| Form of Tower: | Pyramidal. |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 36' |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 220' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Dark timber from W'wrd; distant hills from N'wrd & S'wrd. |
| Color of Tower: | White. |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint. |
| Tower Connection: | Detached about 1,000' W'rly from dwelling. |
| Object of Navigation: | Seacoast. |
| Building Materials: | Brick sheathed w cast iron plates. |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | 2' 9" |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 10" @ lantern gallery floor. |
| Diameter at Base: | Octagonal, 17' 6" outside; 12' circular inside. |
| Diameter at Parapet: | Octogonal, 13' 8" outside; 12' circular inside |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Cast iron. |
| Number of Landings: | 1 |
| Size of Glass: | 10" x 17" - 8 lights |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 1: 24" x 28"; 2 sashes. |
| Number of Doors: | 2 - 1 to workroom & 1 to windlock. |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Rock about 12" |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Rocky w light covering of loamy soil. |
| Soil Susceptibility: | Grass: too windy around tower for shrubs or trees. |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Soil around dwellings is good & small fruits grow readily. Heavy timber begins immediately E'rly of dwelling site. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 1st |
| Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
| Diameter to Glass: | 11' 11-1/2" |
| Diameter in the Clear: | 11' 4" |
| Number of Sides: | 16 |
| Type of Bars: | Vertical |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 9' 9" to 9' 4" of glass |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 3 |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | 3 |
| Thickness of Plates: | 3/8" |
| Size of Plates: | Bottom: 30-3/4"; middle: 39-3/16"; top: 44-11/16"; all 28" wide |
| Number of Storm Panes: | 3 |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | Glazed all around. |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron, steel, copper, zinc, brass & glass. |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Sheet copper on steel frame roof lined on inside w sheet zinc. |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Copper w openings on under side. |
| Lightning Spindle: | Brass w platinum tip. |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | Lantern gallery of cast iron is at level of lantern floor & is reached by outside stairs from ground. |
| Lantern Doors: | There are no doors in lantern. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron & glass. |
| Watchroom Doors: | No door between watchroom & lantern; there is wooden door leading from watchroom to stairs below. |
| Parapet Diameter: | There is no parapet. Lantern gallery is octagonal & is 18' 4" diameter inside rail. |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | Lantern is ventilated through openings inside of wall under lantern gallery, communicating w openings in inside wall at base of tower. |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | An iron ladder hooking over ladder rail on lantern roof. |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Secured to rod of spider frame supporting tin cone over lens. |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | 2 lockers for storm panes, towels & tools. |
| How is Relief Called: | Magneto call bells w galvanized transmission wire. |
| Where is Call System Led: | From workroom at base of tower to each dwelling. |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | Henry Lepaute |
| Year Made: | 1887 |
| Marks and Number: | Henry Lepaute, Ingeneurs Constructeurs, 6 Rue Lafayette, Paris HL/328 HL/328 1887 |
| Order of Apparatus: | 1st |
| Inside Diameter: | 6' 3/8" fixed portions, 6' 1/4" flash panels |
| Light Characteristic: | Fixed white varied by a red flash every minute. |
| Time of Revolution: | Four minutes. |
| Flash Interval: | 1 minute. |
| Duration of Flash: | About 5 seconds. |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | 45 degrees. |
| Number of Panels: | 8 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | 4 |
| Arc of Each: | 45 degrees |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 26 fixed: 24 in flash panels |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 15 fixed: 15 in flash panels |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 6 fixed: 6 in flash panels |
| 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: | Cast iron ciruclar in plan. Lower portion fitted w 4 doors w glass panels, the clock set on base inside pedestal. |
| Service Table: | Top of locker in workroom used as service table. |
| Draft Tube Description: | Brass 5" diameter w 7" diameter cast iron connection to 3-15/16" sheet iron damper tube, the latter carried on 3 lugs riveted to it & supported on ring at base of connecting tube. |
| Revolving Machinery: | Clock work in base of pedestal. |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | Chariot. |
| Chariot Description: | Main chariot wheels are brass; 10: 5" diameter, 7/8" thick traveling in circle 22" diameter; 2 rows of guide wheels revolving horizontally around center column 10-3/4" diameter, wheels of brass 3- 5/8" diamter, 9/16" thick, all w crowned faces. |
| Length of Drop Tube: | 10' 1" |
| Clock Weight: | |
| Length of Winding Time: | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Drive During Rewind: | |
| Machinery Protection: | Cast iron pedestal fitted w doors having glass panels. |
| Regulated: | Air resistance governor, arms of which can be set at varying angles, also, by increasing or decreasing the weight. |
| Lens Protection: | |
| How Color is Produced: | Panels of ruby glass covering the flashing panels of lens. |
| Red Sectors Description: | Red flashes pass around the horizon. |
| Where Color Attached: | By hinges to outside of frame of lens. |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | Funck float lamp; 4-5/16" diameter outside wick. |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 3, this includes 1 on spare lamp. |
| Candle Power: |
| Clock Cord Description |
| Revolving Cord: | |
| Size of Clock Cord: | |
| Length of Clock Cord: | |
| How Led: | From drum in pedestal over traveling sheave & through pulley on weight, back to pedestal where end is secured; the weight is vertically below pedestal. |
| Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | 4 5/16" |
| Diameter of Mantel: | |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | No closets in tower, 1 closet in workroom fitted w 2 shelves & hooks. |
| Oil House Description: | About 70' from tower; no fittings. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 9' 6" x 14' 0" |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Brick, galvanized iron roofs. |
| Oil House Capacity: | 3,240 gallons |
| Other (Describe): | There are closets in watchroom & dwellings fitted w shelves & hooks. |
| Suitability: | Dry & suitable. |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | 1,000' E'rly from dwelling. |
| Coloring: | White w gray trimmings & brown roof. |
| Construction Materials: | Brick basement, walls & frame super structure, 1-1/2 stories in height. |
| Number of Rooms: | 7 exclusive of garrett & basement. |
| Number of Dwellings: | |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | 1 barn, 1 woodshed, 3 poultry houses & 1 privey. |
| Outhouse Coloring: | White w gray trimmings & brown roofs. |
| Paths and Walks: | Plank walk around dwellings & from dwelling to tower. |
| Area Inclosed: | About 1-1/3 acres w woven wire, picketted & barbed wire fences. |
| Area of Garden: | About 6/10 acre. |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | |
| Area Cultivated: | |
| Character of Surroundings: | Densely wooded, loamy soil intersected w deep ravines. |
| Stove, Maker: | |
| Stove, Size: | |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | |
| Pump, Maker: | |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: |
| Assistant Keepers Dwellings |
| Location: | 1,000' E'rly from dwelling. |
| Coloring: | White w gray trimmings & brown roof. |
| Construction Materials: | Brick basement walls & frame super structure, 1-1/2 stories in height. |
| Number of Rooms: | 7 - 4 occpd by 1st Assist; 3 occupd by 2nd Assist. |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | Two assistants |
| Outhouses: | 1 barn, 1 woodshed, 3 poultry houses & 1privy. |
| Outhouse Coloring: | White w gray trimmings & brown roofs |
| Paths and Walks: | Plank walk around dwellings & from dwelling to tower. |
| Area Inclosed: | About 1-1/3 acres w woven wire, picketted & barbed wire fences. |
| Area of Garden: | About 6/10 acre |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | |
| Area Cultivated: | |
| Character of Surroundings: | Densely wooded, loamy soil intersected w deep ravines. |
| Stove, Maker: | |
| Stove, Size: | |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | |
| Pump, Maker: | |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | From spring. |
| Quality: | Good. |
| Quantity: | Ample. |
| Injury Possible: | No. |
| Purity Precaution: | Cistern for collection of rainwater from dwellings, filtered through brick wall but not used. |
| Tank Capacity: | 1 cistern for rainwater between dwellings - 7,800 gallons; 1 cistern for storage of spring water 300' E of dwelling - 9,700 gallons. |
| Tank Material: | Brick cemented. |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | Water obtained by gravity. |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | Water obtained by gravity. |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: | Water piped to dwellings from spring 1800' E'rly of dwelling |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Good, healthy. |
| Diseases: | |
| Prevalency: | |
| Local Causes: | |
| Recommended Improvements: |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Landing on beach of Tillamook Bay at half-tide, 2 M NE'trly from station. Rough boathouse built by Keeper. No good road from landing to station but freight is carried by packhorse or sleds. Fair road to Netarts, 6 miles or Tillamook City, 9 miles. |
| Distance and Direction: | Landing on Tillamook Bay about 2 M NE'rly; Netarts Bay, 6 M S'rly & Tillamook City, 9 M E'rly. |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Station in good condition w the exception of roofs of oil houses & barn. Illuminating apparatus in good condition w exception of 12 small prisms missing in upper tier of central drum of lens. |
| Supplemental Reports |
| Inspr's ltr | |
| Jan. 26, 1914 | |
| Illuminating App.: Fixed part full height | |
| Flash panel includes dioptric & lower catadioptric: zones, but does not include catadioptric cupola. | |
| Superintendent of Lighthouses, Portland, OR | |
| January 17, 1936 | |
| Duration of flash: 0.7 sec | |
| Candlepower of fixed white light: 18,500 | |
| Candlepower of red flash: 160,000 | |
| Photometer readings by 3rd Dist. 1000 W T-20 lamp: 500,000 (thru ctr dioptric sec. of 1st order 45 deg. flash panel) | |
| Add for lower catadioptric prisms: 85,000 | |
| Deduct 10% for lantern glass: -58, 500 | |
| Supt. letter cont. | |
| January 17, 1936 | |
| This shows 1B value on only 93.5: 526,500 cp | |
| C.p. = 93.5 x 11250 x 1/2 =: 526,500 cp | |
| Add for upper fixed panel catadioptric prisms: 5,500 approx. | |
| For red flash 3/10 x 532,000 =: 160,000 cp approx. | |
| On basis of intrinsic brilliancy of 93 cp of fixed: white light would be 93 x 1.7 x 235 cm x 1/2 = 18, 500 cp. | |