Report for Chester Range Front (Pennsylvania) - 1920

General
District: 4th
Inspector: C. A. Lamy
Location: In 2 1/4 fathoms of water, about 300 yards from W Bank of Delaware River, on axis of Chester Range cut channel, near mouth of Crum Creek, PA.
Date of Report: 07/29/1920
Latitude: 39° 51' 10.5"
Longitude: 75° 19' 52"
Premises
Site: Conveyed by State of Pennsylvania
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 10/21/1917
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 1.836 acres
Area Inclosed: None
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: In water
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 boat.
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office: Eddystone PA.
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Tower - skeleton black square pyramidal with white slatted daymark on Range face.
Number of Separate Lights:
First Built or Established: 1915
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: 1918
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: 58'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Bldgs, foactories, chimneys etc.
Color of Tower: Black - daymark white
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: No keeper, no dwelling
Object of Navigation: Range, channel, general navigation
Building Materials: Steel
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Ladders
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass:
Number of Windows and Size of Sash:
Number of Doors:
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Foundation under water, consists of timber crib filled with concrete. (See drawings of station for details).
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 6000
Name of Maker: American Gas Accumulator Co.
Year Made: Unknown
Marks and Number: None
Order of Apparatus: AGA Range light lantern L 350
Inside Diameter: 187.5 mm focal distance
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 1 annular (Bulls eye)
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each: 90 degrees
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 5
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:
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description:
Type of Illuminant: Acetylene
Number of Spare Lamps:
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power: 24


Compressed Gas
Gas Container: A.50 tanks 2 - 4 in service
Compressed Gas Capacity: 177 cu ft.
Compressed Gas Charge: 10 atm
How Supply Renewed: By changing tanks
At What Intervals: About every 3 months
Spare Containers:


Gas Light
Gas Light Kind: Acetylene
Gas Light Number of Burners:
Kind of Burner: Crescent "Victory"
Candlepower Per Burner: 24
Total Candlepower:
Consumption Gas Burner Per Hour: 3/4 burner 3/10 of a cu. ft.
Total Consumption Per Hour: 3/10 cu ft.
How Gas Obtained: From compressed acetylene in acetone


Occulting Light
Characteristic: Flashing white - 1 sec - (0.4 sec light, 0.6 sec dark)
Time Limit:
Eclipse Type:
Size and Amplitude:
Axis Rotation:
Axis Relation:
Screen Revolution:
Screen Number:
Screen Time:
Screen Form:
Screen Mounting:
Screen Order:
Screen Date:
Valve Maker: AGA
Valve Pattern: AGA flasher
Reliability: Yes
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use:
Oil House Description: At base of tower, bolted inside tower.
Oil House Inside Dimension: 4' 8" x 4' 8" x 7'
Oil House Construction Material: Steel
Oil House Capacity: Fitted for 4 to 6 A50 tanks.
Other (Describe):
Suitability:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Landing on pier foundation provided by ladder rungs along side & attached to pier.
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Unwatched light - no keeper.