Report for Destruction Island (Washington) - 1914

General
District: 17th
Inspector: E.L Sherman
Location: On Destruction Island, 3 miles off coast of state of Washington & about 49 miles S of Cape Flattery & about 50 miles N of Gray's Harbor Light Station.
Date of Report: 01/01/1914
Latitude: 47° 40' 07"
Longitude: 124° 30' 00"
Premises
Site: Reserved by Executive Order
Date of Reservation: 06/10/1866
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 33.42 acres
Area Inclosed: About 3 acres
Character of Soil: Light loam
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: 80'
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: Yard around dwelling, also garden
Wharf or Landing on Premises: Landing platform built on rocky ledges at S end of island & materials landed with a derrick
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: Tramway extends from dwellings & tower about 550' from tower.
Means to Reach Light Station: By lighthouse tender from Astoria or Seattle.
Distance to Nearest Road: No public road in vicinity, 51 miles to Westport Wharf, Gray's Harbor.
Distance to Post Office: About 52 miles
Distance to Village: About 52 miles
Facilities for Public Conveyance: None
Facilities for Private Conveyance: None
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Tower
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: November 24, 1891
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: Workroom added to tower, July 1894; addition made to asst. keeper's dwelling July, 1896
Condition at This Date: Good
Shape of Tower in Plan: Circular with square workroom attached.
Form of Tower: Conical
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: 94'
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 147'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Distant hills
Color of Tower: White with black lantern & cornice
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Detached
Object of Navigation: Seacoast for general navigation.
Building Materials: Brick with cast iron casing on outside.
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base: 6'
Wall Thickness at Parapet: 2'
Diameter at Base: 12'
Diameter at Parapet: 12'
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Cast iron
Number of Landings: 7
Size of Glass: 8.5" x 13" & 8.5" x 12"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 13 windows; 21" x 16" & 21" x 27"
Number of Doors: 4
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: Sandstone 8'
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: Surface loam subsoil clay
Soil Susceptibility: Yes
Miscellaneous Remarks: Tower located close to edge of bank on W'ly side of Island
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 1st
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal
Diameter to Glass: 11' 11 5/16"
Diameter in the Clear: 11' 2"
Number of Sides: 16
Type of Bars: Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 9' 10"
Number of Plates in Height: 3
Number of Plates Each Side: 3
Thickness of Plates: 5/16"
Size of Plates: Lower 27 15/16" x 44 21/32"; middle 27 15/16" x 39 1/4"; top 27 15/16" x 30 15/16"
Number of Storm Panes: 6
Unglazed Side of Lantern: None
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Iron & bronze
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Copper
Ventilator / Cowl: Copper
Lightning Spindle: Brass with platinum point
Description of Lightning Rod: None
Balustrade: Iron at level of watch room floor.
Lantern Doors: None
Floor of Lantern: Cast iron with glass deck lights.
Watchroom Doors: Wooden fitted in iron frame with lock knobs etc.
Parapet Diameter: Circular 12'
Ventilators
Location / Number: In lower part of lantern
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: Iron ladder
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Brass screwed on


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: With lockers, shelves & drawers
How is Relief Called: Electric magneto call bells
Where is Call System Led: From workroom at tower to dwellings
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus: 5 hours
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker: Henry LePaute, Paris
Year Made: 1886
Marks and Number: None
Order of Apparatus: 1st
Inside Diameter: 6'
Light Characteristic: Flashing white every 10 sec.
Time of Revolution: 4 min.
Flash Interval: 7 sec
Duration of Flash: 3 sec
Arc of Each Fixed Part: None
Number of Panels: 24
Number of Flash Panels: 24
Arc of Each: 15 degrees
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 27
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 15
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 6
Does Apparatus Revolve?: True
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
Revolving Panels:
How Flash is Produced:
Number of Vertical Elements Panel:
Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal: Cast iron containing clockwork
Service Table: None. Top of locker in watchroom serves as table.
Draft Tube Description: Sheet iron 5" dia. connected by cast iron section to 4" damper tube.
Revolving Machinery: Clockwork
Standby and Description:
Chariot Float or Balls: Chariot
Chariot Description: 10 wheels 5" dia. 7/8" thick, crowned face.
Length of Drop Tube: Weight hangs in center of tower without tube, length of drop 64'
Clock Weight:
Length of Winding Time: 5 hours
Drive During Rewind:
Machinery Protection: Iron case with glass doors
Regulated: By air resistance governor & by increasing or decreasing weight.
Lens Protection:
How Color is Produced:
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: Funck, flash lamp
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps: 1
Number of Spare Burners: 3
Candle Power:


Clock Cord Description
Revolving Cord: Steel cable
Size of Clock Cord:
Length of Clock Cord:
How Led: Thru center of base of pedestal.
Diameter and Length of Clock Drum:


Vapor Oil Lamp
Number of Wicks or Mantels: 5 wicks
Diameter of Outside Wick: 4 5/16"
Diameter of Mantel:
Diameter of Circum Circle:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: Closet & lockers in workroom attached to tower for cleaning material chimneys & wick & utensils.
Oil House Description: 2 - 75' from tower, 50' apart
Oil House Inside Dimension: 14' x 9' 6"
Oil House Construction Material: Brick
Oil House Capacity: 3240 gal each
Other (Describe): Closets in dwellings, storeroom on landing platform
Suitability: Dry & suitable.
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: 6" compressed air, automatic sire, vertical horns.
Time to Start: 4 min.
How Long Will Pressure Last: 4 min.
Manufacturer:
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic: 2 sec blast, 13 sec silent.
Duplication: Entire plant
Timing Device: 17th District
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: 37 lbs
Height Above Water: About 106' to mouth of horns
Compass Direction: W
Location: Coast signal
Distance and Direction: 130' N of tower
Water Supply: Rain water stored in cistern
Reached from Lighthouse: Plank walk
Description of Fog Signal Building: Concrete foundation & walls; joist ceiling covered with metallic lath, cemented; shingle roof.
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Siren Signal
Siren: Cylindrical
Siren Diameter: 6"
Siren Built Date: 1911
Siren Manufacturer: US
Siren Ports:
Siren Revolutions: 2000 rpms
Siren Governor: Centrifugal
Siren Condition: Good


Internal Combustion Signal
Fog Signal Kind:
Internal Combustion Kind: Horizontal
Internal Combustion Manufacturer: Meitz & Weiss, NY
Internal Combustion Date: 1911
Internal Combustion Size: 10" x 12"
Internal Combustion Horsepower: 18
Internal Combustion Fuel: Kerosene
Internal Combustion Starter: Heating torch & compressed air.
Compressor Maker: J. G. Leyner Engine Works Co., Denver, CO.
Compressor Seat: On same base, chain gear transmission.
Compressor Machinery: "HE" straight line double acting, power driven Size 8 5/8" x 10"
Compressor Diameter:
Compressor Stroke:
Compressor RPMs:
Character of Air Inlet:
Kind of Unloader:
Diameter of Delivery Pipe:
Dwelling
Location: 1 single & 1 double dwelling 50' apart & 550' ENE'ly of tower.
Coloring: White with brown roofs
Construction Materials: Wood with brick foundations.
Number of Rooms: 6, also kitchen, woodshed, pantry, closets, cellar & attic.
Number of Dwellings:
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: 1 in single dwelling & 3 in double.
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: Barn, small poultry house, small house for tramway cars & 3 privies.
Outhouse Coloring: White with brown roofs.
Paths and Walks: Plank walks & paths
Area Inclosed: About 3 acres with wire fence
Area of Garden: About 1 acre
Area Timber or Shrubbery: About 20 acres
Cultivation Area Available: About 20 acres
Area Cultivated: About 1 acre
Character of Surroundings: Soil around dwellings is loamy covered with brush beyond clearings around bldgs.
Stove, Maker:
Stove, Size:
Sink, Maker:
Sink, Size:
Pump, Maker:
Pump, Size:
Lamps:
Water
How Procured: Rain water collected from roofs
Quality: Good
Quantity: Ample
Injury Possible: No
Purity Precaution: Brick filter walls
Tank Capacity: 2 cisterns btwn dwellings 10,000 gal; 1 at barn 12,000; 2 at fog signal 12,000 each; 1 tank at landing
Tank Material: Cisterns of brick, cemented; tank redwood
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description:
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket: By pump in bldgs
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling: Cisterns 25' from dwelling.
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Good healthy
Diseases: None
Prevalency:
Local Causes:
Recommended Improvements: Cleaning of dense growth of underbrush would permit drying of soil in summer now always damp & in spots marshy.
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Landings are made from tender boats, all supplies are hoisted out of boats by derrick & hoisting engine & landed on platform. From platform, supplies are hauled up inclined tramway by hoisting engine to top of bank & from there cars are pushed by hand.
Distance and Direction: 550' to landing platform in SW'ly direction.
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Hoisting Engines
Hoisting Engine Kind: 1 - 8 hp double down horizontal oil engine
Engine RPMs: 360
Engine Diameter: 8
Engine Stroke: 8
Engine Boiler: Std horiz. kerosene with steam douse attachment
Engine Maker and Date: Mietz & Weiss
Serial Number:
Cylinders and Size:
Horsepower:
Fuel:
Hoist Starter:
Hoist Miscellaneous: