Report for Catskill West Flats (New York) - 1887

General
District: 3rd
Inspector: Lieut. John Millis, Eng'r 3rd Dist.
Location: On W side of Hudson River, about 1000' above Steamboat Landing.
Date of Report: 02/03/1887
Latitude: 42° 12' 50"
Longitude: 73° 50' 57"
Premises
Site:
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: Circle 100' dia.
Area Inclosed:
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: High water line on pier
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises:
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: Small boat
Distance to Nearest Road: About 1000' to Catskill Steamboat Landing.
Distance to Post Office: 3/4 mile
Distance to Village: 3/4 mile
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance: 1000' in small boat to Catskill Steamboat Wharf.
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Spar
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1884
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
Condition at This Date:
Shape of Tower in Plan:
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: 25'
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 38'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Land
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection:
Object of Navigation: Marks W edge of channel
Building Materials: Wood
General Description: Spar is 8" at lower & 5" at top end. Sides of crib sheathed with 3" oak & top of deck with 3" pine plank, on rip & down stream corners, large plates of iron 1/2" thick are fastened. Other corners being protected by 1/2" x 3" iron straps 4 in number.
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps:
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass:
Number of Windows and Size of Sash:
Number of Doors:
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: Crib pier resting on piles driven from 35 to 40'. 56 piles driven so as to form a 20' square. 6" above low water, piles are cut off & capped, upon this a crib 13' high having a batter of 4' on each face, is built, filled with stone from the bottom.
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks: A spar 8" at bottom or butt & 5" at top end, 25' high (with arm or crane attached for hanging lantern) is secured to deck by means of cleats & braces. Rip Rap is placed around outside rip to bottom of crib.
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: Western River Lantern
Shape of Lantern:
Diameter to Glass:
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides:
Type of Bars:
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed:
Number of Plates in Height:
Number of Plates Each Side:
Thickness of Plates:
Size of Plates:
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern:
Construction Material Roof / Cowl:
Ventilator / Cowl:
Lightning Spindle:
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade:
Lantern Doors:
Floor of Lantern:
Watchroom Doors:
Parapet Diameter:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker:
Year Made:
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: Western River Lantern
Inside Diameter:
Light Characteristic: Fixed red
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:
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: Fixed red
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description:
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps:
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use:
Oil House Description:
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity: 25 5-gal oil cans.
Other (Describe):
Suitability:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse:
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: In good condition.