Report for Cherry Island Light (New York) - 1913

General
District: 10th
Inspector: Irving L. Gill, Asst. Supt.
Location: On SW'ly end of Cherry Island, on channel side; island being about 3 miles inside entrance to Chaumont Bay.
Date of Report: 10/30/1913
Latitude: 44° 00' 50"
Longitude: 76° 11' 15"
Premises
Site: Purchased from Ashton W. Adams & wife, on Warranty deed. Consideration $50.00
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 09/29/1910
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: About 15'
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: None
Wharf or Landing on Premises: None
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: By lanuch from village of Chaumont, NY, 3.5 miles to NE end of Island, land at wharf of Ashton W. Adams & thence walk 1 mile to light. Or by launch 4.5 miles from Chaumont, landing on shallow rock beach abreast of tower.
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Means Used for Support of Lantern: 25' square, pyramidal, skeleton, steel tower standing on concrete foundation piers.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: Built in 1911 & established June 7, 1911.
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
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Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 32'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Low lying cleared land with scattered trees - distant trees on main land.
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: No dwelling provided.
Object of Navigation: Guide thru entrance channel of Chaumont Bay.
Building Materials: Skeleton, structural steel - inclosed base standing on concrete piers.
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Kind of Stairway and Steps: Steel ladder - upper portion fixed, lower portion removable.
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Size of Glass: None
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: None
Number of Doors: Steel door to accumulator house 2' 4" x 6' 9"
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
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Miscellaneous Remarks: About 4' depth of soil grass covered overlies bed rock under lot. Lot located at margin of bed rock beach. Point of Island subject to ice shove.
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 200
Name of Maker: Made by Gen. LH Depot - remodeled by AGA for acetylene illumination
Year Made: Remodeled 1911
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Order of Apparatus: Lens lantern
Inside Diameter: 11 13/16" - 300 mm
Light Characteristic:
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Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part: 360 degrees
Number of Panels: 4 - 90 degrees each
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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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Number of Spare Lamps: None
Number of Spare Burners: 1
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Compressed Gas
Gas Container: 3 accumulators AGA A-50
Compressed Gas Capacity: 177 cu ft.
Compressed Gas Charge: 13 to 15 atmospheres 195 lbs
How Supply Renewed: Accum. shipped to works
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: 15.3 English
Total Candlepower:
Consumption Gas Burner Per Hour: 1/20 cu. ft.
Total Consumption Per Hour: 1/20 + 1/75 cu. ct.
How Gas Obtained: Compressed, dissolved in acetone


Occulting Light
Characteristic: Light 0.3 sec., eclipse 2.7 sec.
Time Limit: 1/3 to 7.5 sec with 1/2' burner
Eclipse Type: Valve
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Valve Maker: American Gas Accumulator Co.
Valve Pattern: Single flasher K 130
Reliability: Yes
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Healthful
Diseases: None known to be prevalent
Prevalency:
Local Causes: No
Recommended Improvements: No
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Private wharf of Ashton W. Adams at NE end of Island 1 mile distant. Private road of Ashton W. Adams along margin of Island. Beach adjacent to light approached thru shallow water over bed rock.
Distance and Direction: About 1 mile to wharf at NE end of Island. About 100' to adjacent shore.
Miscellaneous Remarks: This light & Chaumont Harbor Light were 1st Acetylene Lights established in 10th LH district. They have given good satisfaction. A sun valve is used with this apparatus.