Report for Currituck Beach Light-Station (North Carolina) - 1909
General |
District: | 5th |
Inspector: | Major W.E. Craighill, CoE, Light-House Engineer. |
Location: | Currituck Beach on the seacoast of North Carolina, about 34 miles S'ly from Cape Henry light-house & 32.5 miles NNW'ly from Bodie Island light-house. |
Date of Report: | 03/10/1909 |
Latitude: | 36° 22' 36" |
Longitude: | 73° 49' 51" |
Premises |
Site: | Purchase. |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | 04/30/1873 |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | 31 acres. |
Area Inclosed: | 2.543 acres |
Character of Soil: | Sandy. |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | About 800 yards. |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Board fence. |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | None. |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | A good road, about 150 yards. |
Means to Reach Light Station: | By boat. |
Distance to Nearest Road: | 6 miles, steamboat landing of Norflok & Southern Railroad. |
Distance to Post Office: | 400 yards. |
Distance to Village: | About 40 miles. |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | Poor. A gasoline mail boat. |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower. |
Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
First Built or Established: | 1875 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
Condition at This Date: | Good. |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Circular. |
Form of Tower: | Conical. |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 162 feet. |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 158 feet. |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Shrubbery. |
Color of Tower: | Red. |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Red brick, unpainted. |
Tower Connection: | Detached. |
Object of Navigation: | Seacoast, general. |
Building Materials: | Brick & iron. |
General Description: | |
Wall Thickness at Base: | 5 feet 8 inches. |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 3 feet |
Diameter at Base: | 28 feet |
Diameter at Parapet: | 16' 8" |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Seni-circular, iron. |
Number of Landings: | 9 |
Size of Glass: | 10" x 12" |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 9 |
Number of Doors: | 4 |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Piles, grillage & stone. Depth of stone, 6 feet, 9 inches. |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Sand. |
Soil Susceptibility: | By grass & shrubbery. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | 1st |
Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
Diameter to Glass: | 12 feet |
Diameter in the Clear: | |
Number of Sides: | 16 |
Type of Bars: | Vertical. |
Thickness of Bars: | |
Height Glazed: | 9' 10.5" |
Number of Plates in Height: | 3 |
Number of Plates Each Side: | 3 |
Thickness of Plates: | 3/8" |
Size of Plates: | Top, 44.75" x 27 7/8"; middle, 39" x 27 7/8"; bottom, 30.75" x 27 7/8" |
Number of Storm Panes: | None. |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None. |
What Bearings: | |
Construction Material Lantern: | Steel & brass. |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Copper |
Ventilator / Cowl: | Copper |
Lightning Spindle: | Copper. |
Description of Lightning Rod: | Spindle connects with inside crown piece of lantern, with frame work of lantern, with hand rail of stairway through center of tower. |
Balustrade: | Iron. |
Lantern Doors: | None. |
Floor of Lantern: | Iron. |
Watchroom Doors: | 1, wood, fitted in iron frame. |
Parapet Diameter: | 12 feet. |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | Lower part of lantern. |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | 1 iron |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Screwed into frame of lantern, but not used. Rollers used instead. |
Watchroom |
How is Watchroom Fitted: | With heating stove, chair, lamp stand, clock & telephone. |
How is Relief Called: | Telephone. |
Where is Call System Led: | To dwelling of keeper & of each assistant. |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | 2.5 hours |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | Sautter, Lemonnier et Cie |
Year Made: | Not stated. |
Marks and Number: | None. |
Order of Apparatus: | 1st |
Inside Diameter: | 5' 7.5" |
Light Characteristic: | Fixed white, varied by red flash. |
Time of Revolution: | 4.5 minutes. |
Flash Interval: | 90 seconds. |
Duration of Flash: | 5 seconds. |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | 75 degrees |
Number of Panels: | 10 in top; 10 in bottom; 6 in drum. |
Number of Flash Panels: | 3 |
Arc of Each: | 45 degrees |
Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 17 |
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 18 |
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 8 |
Does Apparatus Revolve?: | False |
Is There a Revolving Belt?: | True |
Revolving Panels: | 3 |
How Flash is Produced: | By clockwork. |
Number of Vertical Elements Panel: | 3 |
Fixed Lens Covered: | 43 |
Pedestal: | Iron |
Service Table: | None. |
Draft Tube Description: | Copper, 6" in diameter, connects with crown piece, crown piece with connecting tube, & connecting tube with damper tube. |
Revolving Machinery: | Clockwork, run by cord & weights. |
Standby and Description: | |
Chariot Float or Balls: | Chariot |
Chariot Description: | 8 6" & 16 3" wheels fixed on a steel pedestal in center of watchroom. |
Length of Drop Tube: | None. |
Clock Weight: | |
Length of Winding Time: | 2.5 hours |
Drive During Rewind: | |
Machinery Protection: | Under pedestal, inclosed with glass. |
Regulated: | By weight & governor. |
Lens Protection: | |
How Color is Produced: | By ruby glass. |
Red Sectors Description: | |
Where Color Attached: | To illuminating apparatur. |
Form of Colored Glass: | On the outside. |
Lamp Description: | U. S. mineral oil lamp. 5-wick. |
Type of Illuminant: | Oil |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
Number of Spare Burners: | 3 |
Candle Power: |
Clock Cord Description |
Revolving Cord: | |
Size of Clock Cord: | |
Length of Clock Cord: | |
How Led: | Through center of tower. |
Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: |
Vapor Oil Lamp |
Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 5 |
Diameter of Outside Wick: | 4 inches |
Diameter of Mantel: | |
Diameter of Circum Circle: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | 1, situated on landing under watchroom, used for spare burners, brass measures, wicks, chimneys, etc. |
Oil House Description: | About 20 yards south of tower, fitted with shelves. |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | 10' x 16' |
Oil House Construction Material: | Iron. |
Oil House Capacity: | 504 5 gall cans. |
Other (Describe): | The keeper's storehouse, 100' SW of dwelling is used for a kitchen; 1 of closets attached there to is used for storing paints, oil, etc. Asst's storehouse 100' NE of dwelling is used for various supplies; 2 closets attached are for storing provisions. |
Suitability: | Dry & suited. |
Fog Signal General |
Fog Signal Kind: | None. |
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: | 130 feet west. |
Coloring: | White. |
Construction Materials: | Wood. |
Number of Rooms: | Keeper has 6 rooms, the 2 assistants have 3 each. |
Number of Dwellings: | 1 |
Heating Plant: | |
Number of Keepers: | 1 keeper, 2 assistants |
Furnished Quarters: | |
NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
Outhouses: | 2 storehouses & 2 privies. |
Outhouse Coloring: | White. |
Paths and Walks: | Brick |
Area Inclosed: | 2.543 acres, by a board fence. |
Area of Garden: | About 1/2 acre. |
Area Timber or Shrubbery: | About 4 acres in shrubbery. |
Cultivation Area Available: | None. |
Area Cultivated: | 1/2 acre. |
Character of Surroundings: | Shifting sand, shrubbery, & marsh. |
Stove, Maker: | |
Stove, Size: | |
Sink, Maker: | |
Sink, Size: | |
Pump, Maker: | |
Pump, Size: | |
Lamps: |
Water |
How Procured: | Rain water in cisterns. |
Quality: | Good. |
Quantity: | Ample. |
Injury Possible: | Not liable. |
Purity Precaution: | Screens over ventilators & pipe. |
Tank Capacity: | Keeper's 1795; Asst. 3510; situated at each end of dwelling. |
Tank Material: | Brick |
Distilling Apparatus: | False |
Distilling Manufacturer: | |
Well Description: | |
Well Diameter: | |
Well Lining: | |
Pump or Bucket: | |
What Power Used: | |
Distance from Dwelling: |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Healthy. |
Diseases: | None due to local conditions. |
Prevalency: | |
Local Causes: | |
Recommended Improvements: | No. |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | |
Distance and Direction: | 1,600 feet west |
Miscellaneous Remarks: |