Report for Copper Harbor Light Station (Michigan) - 1910

General
District: 9th
Inspector: Oliver G. Brown
Location: Copper Harbor Light Station, on the E'ly point of the entrance to Copper Harbor, N'ly shore of Lake Superior.
Date of Report: 08/21/1910
Latitude: 47° 28' 27"
Longitude: 87° 51' 36"
Premises
Site: Reservation, Frac. Sec. 27 & 28 & lot 1 Sec. 23, T59N, R28W. Mich Merd.
Date of Reservation: 12/11/1852
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 32.9 acres
Area Inclosed: None.
Character of Soil: Conglomerate rock.
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark:
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: None.
Wharf or Landing on Premises: A crib landing near boat house 12' wide extends out into about 3.5' of water.
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: None.
Means to Reach Light Station: By small boat from public road at Copper Harbor or by path from public road.
Distance to Nearest Road: 9 miles to Deweenaw Central RR station at Handan, Mich.
Distance to Post Office: 9 miles to Mandan PO
Distance to Village: 36 miles to Calumet, Mich.
Facilities for Public Conveyance: None.
Facilities for Private Conveyance: Keweenaw Central RR to Mandan, Mich. 9 miles to Copper Harbor from Mandan by rig. thence 1 mile by boat to light station.
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Tower
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1849
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: 1867
Condition at This Date: Good.
Shape of Tower in Plan: Square.
Form of Tower: Square prism.
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: 42' 0"
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 65'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Wooded.
Color of Tower: Buff.
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Natural color of brick.
Tower Connection: Tower is built from keeper's dwelling.
Object of Navigation: Coast light & guide to Copper harbor.
Building Materials: Yellow brick.
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base: Outer wall 12"; inner wall circular & 4" thick.
Wall Thickness at Parapet: Outer wall 12"; inner wall circular & 4" thick.
Diameter at Base: 9' 8"
Diameter at Parapet: 9' 8"
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Circular cast iron stairs.
Number of Landings: A landing & lantern floor.
Size of Glass: 10" x 14"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 2 windows of 1 sash, 1 window of 2 sash, each 2' 10.5" x 2' 7.75"
Number of Doors: 1 wooden door leads into tower from ground.
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: Trap & conglomerate rock.
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility: A few trees grown on the property.
Miscellaneous Remarks: Tower is located on neck of land that extends out forming entrance to Copper Harbor.
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 4th
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal.
Diameter to Glass: 7' 1/2"
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 10
Type of Bars: Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 2' 11.5"
Number of Plates in Height: 1
Number of Plates Each Side: 1
Thickness of Plates: 5/16"
Size of Plates: 3' x 2' 3"
Number of Storm Panes: None.
Unglazed Side of Lantern: All sides glazed.
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Cast iron throughout; Lower part inside, lined with vertical wood ceiling.
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: 10 sided pyramidal dome; cast iron outside; inside lined with sheet zinc. A tin cone lens protector is attached to roof at peak.
Ventilator / Cowl: Cast iron.
Lightning Spindle: Copper.
Description of Lightning Rod: 1/2" copper rod is attached to gallery floor & runs down outside of tower & at this date projects out into the air at the base of tower.
Balustrade: Balustrade of 2 rails; upper is 2.5" x 3/8" iron bar. Ballery floor is cast iron & square in plan.
Lantern Doors: Single fold cast iron door leads from lower part of lantern to outside gallery.
Floor of Lantern: Floor of 3.4" cast iron; an iron trap door in floor leads down to stairs.
Watchroom Doors: No watch room.
Parapet Diameter: 6' 7.5"
Ventilators
Location / Number: 5 ventilators in parapet.
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: None.
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Hooks screwed to soffit.


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: No watch room.
How is Relief Called: None.
Where is Call System Led:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker: No marks on lens
Year Made: Unknown
Marks and Number: None
Order of Apparatus: 4th
Inside Diameter: 1' 7.75"
Light Characteristic: Fixed white.
Time of Revolution: Not movable.
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 4 panels, 1 of which is a brass reflector & forms door.
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 7
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 6
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 3
Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
Revolving Panels:
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Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal: Cast iron pedestal is bolted to lantern floor & supports lens.
Service Table: No service table.
Draft Tube Description:
Revolving Machinery:
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Chariot Float or Balls:
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Regulated:
Lens Protection:
How Color is Produced:
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: Hains 4th order.
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps:
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Candle Power:


Vapor Oil Lamp
Number of Wicks or Mantels:
Diameter of Outside Wick: 1.5"
Diameter of Mantel:
Diameter of Circum Circle:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: 1 small cupbord at 3rd landing used to keep cleaning rags, etc.
Oil House Description: 1 corner of old stoned dwelling used as the oilhouse & fittend with shleves.
Oil House Inside Dimension: 11' x 12' 6" x 7'
Oil House Construction Material: Stone.
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe): 2 closets in each dwelling, 1 on each floor; old dwelling used as a storehouse.
Suitability: Dry & suitable.
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: No fog signal.
Time to Start:
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer:
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic:
Duplication:
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location:
Distance and Direction:
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse:
Description of Fog Signal Building:
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Dwelling
Location: Tower rises from dwelling
Coloring: Buff.
Construction Materials: Brick.
Number of Rooms: 7 rooms
Number of Dwellings: 1
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: 1 keeper & family.
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: Privy of red bricks, store room & oil house combined, painted white, Boat house painted yellow.
Outhouse Coloring:
Paths and Walks: Concrete walks lead around dwelling & to all outhouses.
Area Inclosed: None enclosed.
Area of Garden: None.
Area Timber or Shrubbery: All timber & shrubbery except small clearing around dwelling.
Cultivation Area Available: None.
Area Cultivated: None.
Character of Surroundings: Rocky with outcropping of conglomerate & trap rock.
Stove, Maker:
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Lamps:
Water
How Procured: From Lake.
Quality: Good.
Quantity: Ample.
Injury Possible:
Purity Precaution: None.
Tank Capacity: There is a cistern under kitchen but not used.
Tank Material: Brick & cement.
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description: No well.
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket:
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling:
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Healthfulness excellent.
Diseases: None.
Prevalency: No.
Local Causes:
Recommended Improvements:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: A boathouse 16' x 24' is placed about 200' S'ly from dwelling. Boat ways lead from boat hosue to harbor. The landing is out from the boat house & is a crib 12' wide. There is no road to the light house.
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: General condition of property is fair, but seems to have been left in bad condition by working party that was here in spring of 1910. Concrete walks were laid around dwelling, the lighting conductor was left exposed at base of tower. Rain water pipe has b