Report for Chester Range Rear (Pennsylvania) - 1920

General
District: 4th
Inspector: C. A. Lamy
Location: On W bank of Delaware River, near & on bank of Crumb Creek, about 1120 yds, 51 degrees from Chester Range Front Light & on axis of Chester Range Cut Channel
Date of Report: 07/29/1920
Latitude: 39° 51' 37"
Longitude: 75° 19' 18"
Premises
Site: Question of deed not settled (July 27, 1920)
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 1.2 acres
Area Inclosed:
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark:
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises: Yes
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: By trolley from Philadelphia about 1.5 miles from Eddystone. Also by water thru Crumb Creek channel to wharf.
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: 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: 112'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Bldgs & shrubbery
Color of Tower: Black - white daymark.
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: No keeper, no dwellin
Object of Navigation: Range, channel, general navigation.
Building Materials: Steel
General Description:
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Wall Thickness at Parapet:
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Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Ladders
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass: None
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: None
Number of Doors: None
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 20,000
Name of Maker: Unknown
Year Made: Unknown
Marks and Number: None
Order of Apparatus: 6th order Range lens inside of headlight box
Inside Diameter: Focal distance 150 mm
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 1 annular lens
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each: 180 degrees
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 5
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 6 annular rings, 1 cut off at bottom of lens
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:
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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 - 6 or more tanks at station.
Compressed Gas Capacity: 177 cu ft.
Compressed Gas Charge: 10 atm.
How Supply Renewed: By changing tanks
At What Intervals: About every 4 to 5 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 cu ft.
Total Consumption Per Hour: 3/4 cu ft.
How Gas Obtained: From compressed acetylene in acetone.
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use:
Oil House Description: At base of tower, inside
Oil House Inside Dimension: 4' 8" x 4' 8" x 7'
Oil House Construction Material: Steel
Oil House Capacity: Fitted for 8 A50 acetylene tanks
Other (Describe):
Suitability:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: When reaching from Philadelphia, by trolley, about 600 yds. are to be made by foot to reach reservation. A wharf built on reservation allows landing thru Crumb Creek with about 6' at low water.
Distance and Direction: Wharf about 250' from tower.
Miscellaneous Remarks: Crumb Creek was dredged to about 6' at mean low water & straightened. Reservation wharf abuts on this channel. Unwatched light - no keeper.