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: |