Report for Crisp Point (Michigan) - 1909
| General |
| District: | 11th |
| Inspector: | Ralph R. Tinkham |
| Location: | On Crisp Point, MI., S'ly shore of E'ly part of Lake Superior, about 14.5 miles to W'd of Whitefish Point. |
| Date of Report: | 07/14/1909 |
| Latitude: | 46° 45' 10.6" |
| Longitude: | 85° 15' 25.4" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Purchase. Fr. SW 1/4 of Sec 1, T 50 N R 8 W, Michigan Meridian. |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | 05/23/1903 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | About 12 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | None |
| Character of Soil: | Sand |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 150' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Boat landing at boat house |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | None |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By boat only - either direct or from Vermilion, which is reached by stage. |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | 6 miles to Vermilion |
| Distance to Post Office: | 6 miles to Vermilion |
| Distance to Village: | 6 miles to Vermilion |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | By boat |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
| First Built or Established: | 1904 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
| Condition at This Date: | New |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Circular |
| Form of Tower: | Conical |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 58' |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 61' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Wooded |
| Color of Tower: | White, black lantern |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Whitewash, lantern black paint |
| Tower Connection: | Detached, about 60' E'ly from dwelling. |
| Object of Navigation: | Lake coast light |
| Building Materials: | Concrete foundation, brick walls. |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | 4': 18" outer wall, air space, 8" inner wall. |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 18": 8" outer wall, air space, 4" inner wall. |
| Diameter at Base: | 14' |
| Diameter at Parapet: | 9' below cornice. |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Circular winding cast iron, Well 6" dia. Pipe hand rail. |
| Number of Landings: | None, except watchroom floor = a 1/2 cast iron landing below lantern. |
| Size of Glass: | 12" x 16" in tower, 10" x 16" in watchroom. |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 4 in tower, 2 lt. sh - 16" x 20"; 4 in W.R. 2 lt. sh - 14" x 20" |
| Number of Doors: | 1 outside door, 7' 4" x 3' x 1 3/4" wood 8 panel, leads to cleaning room. |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Concrete 3' 6" above & 6' 6" below grade. |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Loose dune sand. Immediate premises covered with coarse gravel. |
| Soil Susceptibility: | No |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Cleaning room attached to W side of tower, brick whitewashed, red metal slate roof. 4 2 lt windows, connected to tower by passage 4' x 8'. Has concrete foundation & steps at entrance. Wood service table extends around 2 sides. Size outside 12' 4" x 14' 4" |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 4th |
| Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
| Diameter to Glass: | 7' |
| Diameter in the Clear: | 6' 5 1/4" |
| Number of Sides: | 8 |
| Type of Bars: | Vertical |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 35.5" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | One |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | One |
| Thickness of Plates: | 5/16" |
| Size of Plates: | 34" x 36" - 9 extra plates on hand. |
| Number of Storm Panes: | None in place. 4 extras on hand, 31 3/4" x 36" |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron parapet lined with sheet iron, wrought iron verticals. |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Pyramidal, cast iron lined with zinc. There is a tin cone lens protector beneath ventilator opening in vertex of roof. |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron cowl. |
| Lightning Spindle: | Brass with platinum tip. |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | 1/8" x 1.5" copper band leads from gallery deck down outside of tower into ground. |
| Balustrade: | Gallery extension of floor of lantern. Cast iron plates & circular balustrade of 3 - 1/2" x 2" flat bars 5/8" iron verticals, 1 1/4" stanchions with ball tops. |
| Lantern Doors: | 2-fold cast iron doors in parapet lined with sheet iron & fitted with brass bolt & hinges. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron in flanged plates, extended outside parapet wall to form circular gallery. |
| Watchroom Doors: | Iron plate trap door in floor of lantern with handhole lift. |
| Parapet Diameter: | 6' 6 3/4" |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | 4 ventilators in parapet, brass register valves outside. |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Brass hooks screwed to soffit. |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | Landing directly below lantern serves as watchroom. Fitted with 4 windows. |
| How is Relief Called: | None |
| Where is Call System Led: |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | Sautter, Lemonnier et Cie, Paris |
| Year Made: | Not given |
| Marks and Number: | None |
| Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
| Inside Diameter: | 19 11/16" |
| Light Characteristic: | Fixed |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | 4 fixed panels each 90 degrees = 360 degrees. |
| Number of Panels: | 4 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | Central belt with 2 elements above & 2 below. |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 6 |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 4 |
| 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: | Old pattern, cast iron. |
| Service Table: | Cast iron attached to pedestal, the outer end supported on 2 iron rods resting on lantern floor. |
| Draft Tube Description: | None |
| Revolving Machinery: | None |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | |
| Chariot Description: | For cleaning purposes, lens is mounted on 4- 2.5" wheels supporting cross & ring & bearing on pedestal top. Apparatus is fixed with a lock pin into pedestal top. |
| Length of Drop Tube: | Newel of stairs is hollow cast iron perforated column, 12" inside dia. that might by used for drop tube, 45' long. |
| Clock Weight: | |
| Length of Winding Time: | |
| Drive During Rewind: | |
| Machinery Protection: | |
| Regulated: | |
| Lens Protection: | |
| How Color is Produced: | Red light produced by ruby lamp chimney. |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | Illuminating apparatus |
| Form of Colored Glass: | Lamp chimney |
| Lamp Description: | Funck-Heap 4th order single wick. |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 (3 lamps at station) |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 1 to each lamp. |
| Candle Power: |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | 1 1/4" |
| Diameter of Mantel: | |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | None |
| Oil House Description: | 50' NE of tower, wood shelving |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 9' 2" x 7' 9" |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Brick, metal slate roof, concrete floor, wood ceiling. |
| Oil House Capacity: | 100 5-gal cans = 500 gals. |
| Other (Describe): | 2 closets, bathroom, pantry, cellar in both parts of dwelling. |
| Suitability: | Suitable. |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | 10" steam chime whistle |
| Time to Start: | 30 to 45 minutes |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
| Manufacturer: | Built by R.G. Hurst. |
| Year of Manufacture: | 1 set of apparatus installed 1903, duplicated 1904 |
| Characteristic: | Blasts 4 sec & 3 sec, silent intervals 10 sec & 30 sec. |
| Duplication: | All parts, dup. plant installed at different time than original plant & made by different mfg'r. |
| Timing Device: | Spur & worm gear operating cam. |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | Chime whistle at 75# |
| Height Above Water: | |
| Compass Direction: | |
| Location: | On shore directly in front of tower. |
| Distance and Direction: | 100' N of tower. |
| Water Supply: | Brick, arched well 6' dia. E side signal hot water flows in to depth of 3' 6". 1 tank 4.5' x 5' Cap 600 gal. |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | Red brick with metal slate roof 22' x 40' plan. 12' to plates. Interior sheathed with 1" x 12" boards, covered with #26 smooth iron. |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
| Steam Signal |
| Steam Boiler: | |
| Kind: | Open bottom, marine design of 1896 |
| Tube: | Flue-tube |
| Dimensions: | Height 7' 5" |
| Length: | 6' 6 3/4" |
| Diameter: | 4' 9 3/4" wide. |
| Tube Description: | 102, 4' 9.5" long (order 4' 10") |
| Steam Tube Diameter: | 2.5" |
| Steam Furnace Kind: | Internal |
| Furnace Length: | 6' |
| Furnace Width: | 4' 3" |
| Furnace Height: | 19" |
| Steam Heat Surface: | 406 Steam space 50.11 cu. ft. |
| Steam Grate Surface: | 21 1/4 water space 66.64 cu. ft. |
| Number of Grate Bars: | 18 |
| Kind of Grate Bars: | Double bars, 5' long. spade ends. |
| Steam Fuel: | Bituminous coal |
| Steam Safety Valve: | Lever, 2.5" single side outlet. |
| Steam Maximum Pressure: | 150# |
| Steam Working Pressure: | 75# |
| Steam Diameter of Smokestack: | 20" |
| Smokestack Height: | 38' 6" brick chimney 40' high. |
| Drum Dimension: | 5' long |
| Steam Drum Diameter: | 30" |
| Steam Covering: | Compound: asbestos, felt paper, canvas. |
| Steam Boiler Condition: | Good |
| Steam Boiler Built: | No1, 1903; No. 2 1904 |
| Where Built: | No. 1 Sheboygan, WI; No 2 Detroit, MI |
| Manufacturer: | No1 Optenberg & Sonnerman; No2 Central Boiler Work |
| Steam Heater: | False |
| Kind: | |
| Size: | |
| Heater Time Affect: | |
| Steam Engine Kind: | Vertical |
| Steam Engine Revolutions: | 120 rpm |
| Steam Engine Cyl. Diameter: | 4" |
| Steam Engine Piston Stroke: | 9" |
| Steam Engine Pipe Size: | 3/4" |
| Steam Engine When Built: | No. 1 1903; No. 2 1904 |
| Steam Engine Where Built: | No. 1 Cleveland, OH; No. 2 Detroit, MI |
| Manufacturer: | No. 1 Thos. Manning Mach. Co.; No. 2 Fulton Iron Works. |
| Whistle Signal |
| Whistle Diameter: | 10" |
| Whistle Height: | |
| Whistle Orifice: | |
| Whistle Tone: | |
| Whistle Chime: | Single bell chime |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | About 60' W'ly from tower. A double dwelling, also a small frame house 100' S'ly from tower. |
| Coloring: | Natural color of red brick & red roof. small frame house painted maroon. |
| Construction Materials: | Red brick, metal slate roof, wooden steps & porches. Small house of vertical boards battened & board roof. |
| Number of Rooms: | 6 rooms, hall, bathroom, 2 closets, pantry, & cellar under whole house. Sm. house 1 room 10.5' x 16' |
| Number of Dwellings: | |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | Keeper & family & Asst keeper in dbl dwelling. 2nd asst in small frame house. |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Barn, boathouse, oil house, privy, fog signal house. Privy of brick with vault 6' x 6' in plan, 6" star vent, 8' to plates, 1 window 3 lt. 9" x 12" |
| Outhouse Coloring: | Boathouse maroon, oil house, privy & fog signal bldg red brick; All have red roofs. Barn maroon of battened boards, metal slate roof. 16' x 24' plan. |
| Paths and Walks: | Concrete walk, 620 lineal ft. Board walk 100' |
| Area Inclosed: | None inclosed. |
| Area of Garden: | A few sq. ft. for green garden stuff. |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | None, except a few scrub pine & birch. |
| Cultivation Area Available: | None |
| Area Cultivated: | None |
| Character of Surroundings: | Shifting sand on reservation. Standing water marsh on E end & hemlock forest immediately in rear of reservation. |
| Stove, Maker: | |
| Stove, Size: | |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | |
| Pump, Maker: | |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | From lake by bucket. |
| Quality: | Good |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | By ice in spring. |
| Purity Precaution: | |
| Tank Capacity: | 1 cistern in cellar of each part of dwelling. Cap. of each 252 cu. ft. = 1885 gals. |
| Tank Material: | Brick, arched top. |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | Drive well, not used - too much iron in it. |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | Pump |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Excellent |
| Diseases: | None |
| Prevalency: | |
| Local Causes: | Small marsh on E end of reservation. No reason to believe that it causes unhealthfulness |
| Recommended Improvements: | No. |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Boathouse is frame construction, 16' x 36' plan & 9.5' to plates at front end. Gable roof shingled. Painted maroon with maroon roof. Boatway of 10" x 10" strings & cross rollers extends thru boathouse into water. Winch is provided for pulling up boats. |
| Distance and Direction: | Boathouse about 200' N'ly of light tower. Tramway w/ car leads from boathouse S'ly to rear of dwelling 200' long. |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Landing wharf on W'ly side of boathouse abt 6' therefrom & 4' long over all. Shore section is 64' long, 12' wide. Superstructure made continuous by breaking joints over several cribs. All constructed of log strings & ties. Whole decked over with 3" plank. |