Report for Elbow of Cross Ledge (New Jersey) - 1910
| General |
| District: | 4th |
| Inspector: | A.E. Arlidge, Supt. |
| Location: | On E'ly side of main channel of Delaware Bay, & off W'ly side of Cross Ledge Shoal at elbow. |
| Date of Report: | 02/19/1910 |
| Latitude: | 39° 10' 54" N |
| Longitude: | 75° 16' 07" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Ceded to US by state of NJ; to revert to state in case of non-occupancy |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | 03/31/1909 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 288 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | Located in Del. Bay |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Lighthouse tenders can land at station |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By lighthouse tenders |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | 6 1/8 miles to landing & public road at Mahon River light. |
| Distance to Post Office: | Little Creek Del, 8 3/4 miles naut. |
| Distance to Village: | Little Creek Del, 8 3/4 miles naut. |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | None, stations may be reached by launch from Maurice River, NJ |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Dwelling superstructure |
| Number of Separate Lights: | One |
| First Built or Established: | 2/1/1910 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
| Condition at This Date: | Excellent |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Octagonal |
| Form of Tower: | Prismatic |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 47' 4" |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 57' 2" |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Up the sea |
| Color of Tower: | Red brick & metallic brown |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Natural color of brick & paint |
| Tower Connection: | Tower on dwelling |
| Object of Navigation: | Bay light, for general navigating purposes. |
| Building Materials: | Brick, concrete, cast iron, wood & wall board interior finish |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | 14" (13" brick, 1" finish) |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 3.5" (iron watchroom walls) |
| Diameter at Base: | 23' 8" |
| Diameter at Parapet: | 19' 5" |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Wood stairway & steps except cast iron from watchroom to lantern |
| Number of Landings: | 2, not including floors |
| Size of Glass: | 2' 2" x 2' 6" on 1st floor; 2' 6" x 2' 6" on 2nd floor; 30" diam. on 3rd floor. |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 7 on 1st floor - lower 2' 6.5" x 2' 11" - upper 2' 6" x 2' 11"; 8 on 2nd floor - lower 2' 10.5" x 2' 11" - upper 2' 10" x 2' 11" |
| Number of Doors: | 26 not including 2 basement & 1 lantern door |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Cast iron & concrete 9'8" below bottom |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Lighthouse in bay |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Foundation shell stands in 23' of water at low tide, site is protected from seas of current by a 4' defitte of riprap deposited to radius of 80'. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 4th |
| Shape of Lantern: | Cylindrical |
| Diameter to Glass: | 7' 7.42" |
| Diameter in the Clear: | 7' 1 9/16" |
| Number of Sides: | Round |
| Type of Bars: | Helical |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 2' 11.5" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | One |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | Lantern is round |
| Thickness of Plates: | 1/4" |
| Size of Plates: | See std design of round lantern dated Mch 1898 |
| Number of Storm Panes: | None |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Cast & wrought iron |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Conical cast iron |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Round cast iron |
| Lightning Spindle: | Brass spindle, on ball of lantern with platinum tip. |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | 1/8" x 1.5" copper ribbon attached to iron of watchroom deck, & leads down E'ly corner of brick wall & attached to lower end to iron veranda roof |
| Balustrade: | Wrought iron posts & railing. cast iron gallery or deck |
| Lantern Doors: | Full height lantern door with upper section glazed; door hung on brass hinges & has catch. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron |
| Watchroom Doors: | No door |
| Parapet Diameter: | 7' 1 9/16" |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | 4 brass ventilators in lower wall of lantern |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | Wooden ladder |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Roller curtains with hinges tapped to lantern lining |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | With closet in hallway & closets under stairway. Spiral cast iron stairway leads to lantern. Watchroom has a door opening out on deck. |
| How is Relief Called: | Call bell system connected to clockwork |
| Where is Call System Led: | From lantern through electric conduit built into center column & partitions to bell in hallway 1st floor |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | Barbier, Benardo & Turenne |
| Year Made: | |
| Marks and Number: | USLHE 432, also 6567 on lens frame |
| Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
| Inside Diameter: | 19 3/4" |
| Light Characteristic: | Fixed white, 25 sec, 1 sec eclipse, 1 sec light, 1 sec eclipse, 1 sec light, 1 sec eclipse (completing cycle in 30 secs.) |
| Time of Revolution: | 30 seconds |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | 4 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 1 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 8 |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 6 |
| 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: | Std 4 columns pedestal with clock shelf |
| Service Table: | None except top of cupboard in lantern |
| Draft Tube Description: | No tube |
| Revolving Machinery: | Standard 4th order clock |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | Balls |
| Chariot Description: | |
| Length of Drop Tube: | 15' 7" |
| Clock Weight: | |
| Length of Winding Time: | |
| Drive During Rewind: | |
| Machinery Protection: | By glass case |
| Regulated: | Fan regulator in clock |
| Lens Protection: | |
| How Color is Produced: | Has red sector |
| Red Sectors Description: | From 327 degrees - 9' true (NNW 5/16 W Mag) to 147 degrees - 9' true (SSE 5/16 E Mag) |
| Where Color Attached: | To lantern |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | Incandescent vapor, 1 mantel |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 2 regular 4th order |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 2 oil vapor burners |
| Candle Power: |
| Clock Cord Description |
| Revolving Cord: | |
| Size of Clock Cord: | |
| Length of Clock Cord: | |
| How Led: | Cord passes down from drum under a traveling pulley 18" down in Wt. box, thence up & on 2nd traveling pulley attached under sides of clock shelf. Thence down 1 guide pulley to double & single block in weight box. |
| Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: |
| Chariot Balls |
| Balls Description: | V grooves |
| Cage to Separate Balls: | False |
| Number of Balls: | 19 |
| Diameter of Balls: | 1/2" |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 mantel |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | |
| Diameter of Mantel: | About 1.3" |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: | Only 1 mantel |
| Occulting Light |
| Characteristic: | Fixed white, 25 sec, 1 sec eclipse, 1 sec light, 1 sec eclipse, 1 sec light, 1 sec eclipse |
| Time Limit: | About 10 sec to 40 sec for revolution |
| Eclipse Type: | Revolving screen |
| Size and Amplitude: | |
| Axis Rotation: | Vertical |
| Axis Relation: | Coincident |
| Screen Revolution: | As part of apparatus |
| Screen Number: | 3 |
| Screen Time: | 30 seconds |
| Screen Form: | Conform to lens |
| Screen Mounting: | Secured to prism |
| Screen Order: | 4th |
| Screen Date: | |
| Valve Maker: | |
| Valve Pattern: | |
| Reliability: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | Closet connected with dining room & provided with shelves. |
| Oil House Description: | In basement, with door & port window |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | Irregular area about 40 degrees |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Concrete |
| Oil House Capacity: | About 1200 5-gal cans |
| Other (Describe): | Pantry & Storeroom connected with kitchen with shelves. Closet each bedroom & in hallway 2nd floor, with clothes hooks & shelves. |
| Suitability: | Dry & suitable |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | 2000# bell struck by Gamewell Striking machine No. 3 |
| Time to Start: | 15 seconds |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
| Manufacturer: | Bell cast by McShane Bell Foundry Co. of Baltimore |
| Year of Manufacture: | 1909 |
| Characteristic: | Struck every 15 sec, a single & double blow alternately |
| Duplication: | No part |
| Timing Device: | |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | |
| Height Above Water: | |
| Compass Direction: | On Channel side of lighthouse |
| Location: | Located on veranda of lighthouse channelward |
| Distance and Direction: | On lighthouse |
| Water Supply: | |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
| Bell Signal |
| Weight: | 2,000 lbs |
| Metal: | 22# pure tin, 78# pure copper |
| Diameter: | 4' |
| Height: | 2' 11" |
| Time: | About 1.5 hours |
| Manufacturer: | Bell cast by McShane Bell Foundry Co. of Baltimore |
| Weights for Operation: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | Dwelling superstructure erected on cast & concrete foundation |
| Coloring: | Red bricks & metallic brown |
| Construction Materials: | Brick, concrete, cast iron, wood & wall board interior finish. |
| Number of Rooms: | 7 not including basement with oil & coal rooms |
| Number of Dwellings: | |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | 3 |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | None |
| Outhouse Coloring: | |
| Paths and Walks: | |
| Area Inclosed: | Light located in bay |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | |
| Area Cultivated: | |
| Character of Surroundings: | |
| Stove, Maker: | |
| Stove, Size: | |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | |
| Pump, Maker: | |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | From roof & decks |
| Quality: | Fair |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | Not liable |
| Purity Precaution: | Downspouts provided with cutoff |
| Tank Capacity: | Iron tank, 3rd floor - 340 gal; Iron tank buried in concrete 1700 gal; Cistern 900 gal |
| Tank Material: | Tanks - iron; Cistern - concrete |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: |