Report for Cedar Point Front Range (Michigan) - 1909
General |
District: | 11th |
Inspector: | Ralph R. Tinkham |
Location: | On S'ly shore of St. Mary's River at Cedar Point, MI., & about 1 mile ESE of Round Island. |
Date of Report: | 07/30/1909 |
Latitude: | 46° 26' 18.8" |
Longitude: | 84° 30' 09.1" |
Premises |
Site: | Reservation. NE fr. 1/4 of SW 1/4 & NW 1/4 of SE fr. 1/4 of Sec. 25, T 47 N, R2 W, Mich. mer. |
Date of Reservation: | 01/03/1886 |
Date of Deed: | |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | 73.9 acres |
Area Inclosed: | None |
Character of Soil: | Sand on lake front, remainder is swamp. |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 30' |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Log crib boat landing |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | Board walk from dwelling. |
Means to Reach Light Station: | By boat only, either from Sault Ste. Marie or Brimley - by launch or tug. |
Distance to Nearest Road: | RR station at Brimley, MI., 4 miles by water. Steamboat landing at Sault, 10 miles. |
Distance to Post Office: | 4 miles to Brimley. |
Distance to Village: | 4 miles to Brimley. |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | By launch from Brimley or tug from Sault Ste. Marie, or by tender. |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
First Built or Established: | 1887 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
Condition at This Date: | |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square, octagonal top. |
Form of Tower: | Prismatic |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 22' |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 21' |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Wooded |
Color of Tower: | White, with black roof |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
Tower Connection: | Detached. Tower is about 50' SW'ly of dwelling. |
Object of Navigation: | Range to guide thru cut btwn Round Island & Point Iroquois. |
Building Materials: | Wood & enclosed entire height. Ordinary frame construction sheathed inside & out. |
General Description: | |
Wall Thickness at Base: | 6" |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 6" |
Diameter at Base: | 7' 8" sq. |
Diameter at Parapet: | |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | 2 flights of wood stairs reach lantern thru open stairwell in wood floor. |
Number of Landings: | |
Size of Glass: | |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | |
Number of Doors: | |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Stone |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Sand |
Soil Susceptibility: | Not around dwelling. Cleared portion of reservation is covered with huckleberry brush. Rest woods. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | |
Shape of Lantern: | |
Diameter to Glass: | 43 3/4" |
Diameter in the Clear: | 39 3/4" |
Number of Sides: | |
Type of Bars: | |
Thickness of Bars: | |
Height Glazed: | 34.5" |
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: | Pyramidal wood roof, canvas-covered zinc-lined |
Ventilator / Cowl: | Iron |
Lightning Spindle: | Iron |
Description of Lightning Rod: | 1/2" gaspipe from spindle into 6" wrought iron pipe set into ground & filled with coke. |
Balustrade: | Gallery of wood plank with wood rail & turned posts |
Lantern Doors: | |
Floor of Lantern: | |
Watchroom Doors: | |
Parapet Diameter: |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | 4 ventilators in walls of lantern, of wood with wood slides & protected by wire screens |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Brass hooks screwed to wood lining of soffit |
Watchroom |
How is Watchroom Fitted: | Room in base of tower below lantern is service room, fitted with table & small locker of shelves. |
How is Relief Called: | |
Where is Call System Led: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | USLHE Lamp Shop at Staten Island. |
Year Made: | |
Marks and Number: | |
Order of Apparatus: | |
Inside Diameter: | 11 3/4" |
Light Characteristic: | |
Time of Revolution: | |
Flash Interval: | |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | 2 panels fixed each 90 - 180 degrees & opp. 2 spherical segmented brass doors - 180 degrees. |
Number of Panels: | |
Number of Flash Panels: | |
Arc of Each: | |
Number of Elements in Central Drum: | Central belt - 3 ele above, 3 below. |
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | No prisms |
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: | Old pattern cast iron |
Service Table: | |
Draft Tube Description: | |
Revolving Machinery: | |
Standby and Description: | |
Chariot Float or Balls: | |
Chariot Description: | Mounted on cross & ring on 4 - 1 3/4" rollers on top of pedestal, locked by brass pin. |
Length of Drop Tube: | |
Clock Weight: | |
Length of Winding Time: | |
Drive During Rewind: | |
Machinery Protection: | |
Regulated: | |
Lens Protection: | Tin cone |
How Color is Produced: | |
Red Sectors Description: | |
Where Color Attached: | |
Form of Colored Glass: | |
Lamp Description: | Double flat wick burner. |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 1, & 2 in use. |
Number of Spare Burners: | |
Candle Power: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | None |
Oil House Description: | See rear tower |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
Oil House Construction Material: | |
Oil House Capacity: | |
Other (Describe): | 1 closet & pantry, 1st floor of dwelling; 4 closets, 2nd floor. |
Suitability: | Suitable. |
Dwelling |
Location: | About 50' NE'ly of tower. |
Coloring: | Dark red. |
Construction Materials: | Frame construction on stone foundation, metal slate roof. |
Number of Rooms: | 8 rooms, 5 closets, hall, pantry, vestibule, & cellar under entire house. |
Number of Dwellings: | |
Heating Plant: | |
Number of Keepers: | 1 keeper & family. |
Furnished Quarters: | |
NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
Outhouses: | 8' x 9' wood frame privy on stone foundation, shingle roof; open wood well house, shingle roof; 12' x 14' log barn, board & tar paper roof; board & batten chicken house. |
Outhouse Coloring: | Privy & well house dark red; barn weathered; chicken house whitewashed. |
Paths and Walks: | Board walk connecting dwelling to privy, well house, boathouse, front tower & front to rear towers. All this walk is built on posts to raise it above swamp. |
Area Inclosed: | None |
Area of Garden: | None |
Area Timber or Shrubbery: | Btwn 40 & 50 acres in small cedar, tamarack & spruce. |
Cultivation Area Available: | None |
Area Cultivated: | None |
Character of Surroundings: | Swamp underlaid with hardpan on clay. Along front of reservation is beach sand. |
Stove, Maker: | |
Stove, Size: | |
Sink, Maker: | |
Sink, Size: | |
Pump, Maker: | |
Pump, Size: | |
Lamps: |
Water |
How Procured: | From well |
Quality: | Is always murky & is allowed to settle; otherwise good. |
Quantity: | Ample |
Injury Possible: | No |
Purity Precaution: | No cistern |
Tank Capacity: | |
Tank Material: | |
Distilling Apparatus: | False |
Distilling Manufacturer: | |
Well Description: | Drive well, 35' deep |
Well Diameter: | |
Well Lining: | Wrought iron pipe. |
Pump or Bucket: | By force pump |
What Power Used: | |
Distance from Dwelling: | 30' N of kitchen door. |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Good |
Diseases: | None |
Prevalency: | None |
Local Causes: | Swamp around premises is drained by ditch extending from rear tower to lake, & 2 cross ditches front & rear of dwelling. |
Recommended Improvements: | Drainage sufficient. |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | Boathouse, 12' x 36' of vertical boards battened & metal slate roof, all painted red. Fitted with iron winch & roller boatways. Boat landing built of 4 cribs of logs filled with stone & plank-decked on S side of boatways, & 3 similar cribs on N side. |
Distance and Direction: | Boathouse is 75' W'ly of dwelling. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | All cribs, 1 each side, connected by boardwalk. Total length of N landing 75', of S landing 100' from boathouse. N landing not connected to boathouse |