Report for Chaumont Harbor Light (New York) - 1914

General
District: 10th
Inspector: Irving L. Gill, Asst. Supt.
Location: On S'ly side of extremity of Independence Point, Chaumont Bay, NY.
Date of Report: 01/11/1914
Latitude: 44° 03' 30"
Longitude: 76° 08' 50"
Premises
Site: Purchased from Rayton B. Horton & wife on Warranty Deed. Consideration $50.00
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 08/31/1910
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 25' x 25' = 625 sq. ft.
Area Inclosed: None
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: At shore line
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: None
Wharf or Landing on Premises: Wharf of Rayton B. Horton adjacent to tower.
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: By land or water, 1 mile to village of Chaumont, NY.
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office:
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: 25' square, pyramidal, skeleton steel tower, standing on concrete foundation pier.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: Built in 1911 & established June 7, 1911
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
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: 30'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Fringe of trees along shore - rising cleared land in rear - village in distance.
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: No dwelling provided.
Object of Navigation: Harbor light
Building Materials: Skeleton, structural steel - inclosed base.
General Description:
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Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Steel ladder upper portion fixed - lower portion removable
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass: None
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: None
Number of Doors: Steel door for accumulator house 2' 4" x 6' 9"
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Lot located at shore line, taking in part of private wharf of Rayton B. Horton. Foundation piers are surrounded by said wharf.
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 270
Name of Maker: Made by General LH Depot- remodeled by AGA for acetylene illumination
Year Made: Remodeled in 1911
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: Lens lantern
Inside Diameter: 11 13/16" - 300 mm
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part: 360 degrees
Number of Panels: 4 - 90 degrees each
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 1
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 3
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 3
Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
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Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal:
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description:
Revolving Machinery:
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Regulated:
Lens Protection:
How Color is Produced:
Red Sectors Description:
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Number of Spare Lamps: None
Number of Spare Burners: 1
Candle Power:


Compressed Gas
Gas Container: 3 - AGA, A -50 accumulators
Compressed Gas Capacity: 177 cu. ft.
Compressed Gas Charge: 13 to 15 atmospheres - 195 to 225 lbs.
How Supply Renewed: Accum. shipped to recharging plant when empty.
At What Intervals: When necessary
Spare Containers:


Gas Light
Gas Light Kind: Acetylene
Gas Light Number of Burners: 1
Kind of Burner: Von Schwartz
Candlepower Per Burner: 261 English
Total Candlepower:
Consumption Gas Burner Per Hour: 3/4 cu. ft.
Total Consumption Per Hour: 3/4 + 1/75 cu ft.
How Gas Obtained: Compressed, dissolved in acetone.


Occulting Light
Characteristic: 0.3 sec light, 0.9 sec eclipse, 0.3 sec light, 4.5 sec eclipse.
Time Limit: Min. 0.341 sec to max 5.1 sec with 3/4' burner
Eclipse Type: Valve
Size and Amplitude:
Axis Rotation:
Axis Relation:
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Screen Number:
Screen Time:
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Screen Mounting:
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Screen Date:
Valve Maker: American Gas Accumulator Co.
Valve Pattern: Double flasher - KK - 130
Reliability: Yes
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Good
Diseases: None known to be prevalent
Prevalency:
Local Causes:
Recommended Improvements: No
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Lot takes in part of private wharf of Rayton B. Horton. No boat house provided - light may also be reached over a private lane owned by Curtis M. Case, which connects with village of Chaumont, NY.
Distance and Direction: Adjacent
Miscellaneous Remarks: This light & Cherry Island Light were first acetylene lights est. in 10th lighthouse district. They have given good satisfaction. A sun valve is used.