Report for Aunuu (Samoa) - 1911
General |
District: | 19th |
Inspector: | Lieut. C. S. McDowell, USN |
Location: | On highest NE end of Aunuu Island |
Date of Report: | 03/03/1911 |
Latitude: | 14° 18' 14" S |
Longitude: | 170° 33' 43" W |
Premises |
Site: | US Government Land |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | 03/04/1906 |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | 45/100 acre |
Area Inclosed: | Noen |
Character of Soil: | Good. volcanic |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 600' |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | None |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | Trail 1200' to beach |
Means to Reach Light Station: | Foot or horse |
Distance to Nearest Road: | 7 miles from dock at Pago Pago |
Distance to Post Office: | 7 miles |
Distance to Village: | 1/2 mile from Aunuu |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | Steam launch or open boat from Pago Pago |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | None |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower around 6" pipe |
Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
First Built or Established: | 4/18/1905 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | Dec., 1909 |
Condition at This Date: | Fair |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square |
Form of Tower: | Pyramidal |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 230' |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Sky light on top of promontory |
Color of Tower: | White |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Whitewash & cement |
Tower Connection: | Detached |
Object of Navigation: | Seacoast & channel. Illuminates S coast of Tutuila & channel btwn Aunuu & Tutuila. |
Building Materials: | Oregon pine around 6" iron pipe in cement |
General Description: | |
Wall Thickness at Base: | 1" |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 1" |
Diameter at Base: | 16' square |
Diameter at Parapet: | 4' square |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Ladder |
Number of Landings: | None |
Size of Glass: | None |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | None |
Number of Doors: | None |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Wood, resting on lava |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Lava |
Soil Susceptibility: | Not necessary |
Miscellaneous Remarks: |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | 5 day lens lantern |
Shape of Lantern: | Cylindrical |
Diameter to Glass: | |
Diameter in the Clear: | |
Number of Sides: | |
Type of Bars: | |
Thickness of Bars: | |
Height Glazed: | |
Number of Plates in Height: | |
Number of Plates Each Side: | |
Thickness of Plates: | |
Size of Plates: | |
Number of Storm Panes: | |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | |
What Bearings: | |
Construction Material Lantern: | |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Canvas cover over lantern in the day time. |
Ventilator / Cowl: | None |
Lightning Spindle: | None |
Description of Lightning Rod: | |
Balustrade: | None |
Lantern Doors: | |
Floor of Lantern: | |
Watchroom Doors: | |
Parapet Diameter: |
Watchroom |
How is Watchroom Fitted: | Light Keeper lives in native hut about 1/2 mile from light. |
How is Relief Called: | |
Where is Call System Led: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | |
Year Made: | |
Marks and Number: | |
Order of Apparatus: | Lens lantern |
Inside Diameter: | |
Light Characteristic: | |
Time of Revolution: | |
Flash Interval: | |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | Fixed 360 degrees red |
Number of Panels: | |
Number of Flash Panels: | |
Arc of Each: | |
Number of Elements in Central Drum: | |
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | |
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | |
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: | |
Service Table: | |
Draft Tube Description: | |
Revolving Machinery: | |
Standby and Description: | |
Chariot Float or Balls: | |
Chariot Description: | |
Length of Drop Tube: | |
Clock Weight: | |
Length of Winding Time: | |
Drive During Rewind: | |
Machinery Protection: | |
Regulated: | |
Lens Protection: | |
How Color is Produced: | |
Red Sectors Description: | |
Where Color Attached: | |
Form of Colored Glass: | |
Lamp Description: | |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
Number of Spare Burners: | 1 |
Candle Power: |
Vapor Oil Lamp |
Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 wick |
Diameter of Outside Wick: | 1 1/8" |
Diameter of Mantel: | 7/8" |
Diameter of Circum Circle: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | None |
Oil House Description: | Closet inside tower |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | 1.5' x 3' |
Oil House Construction Material: | |
Oil House Capacity: | 2 5-gal cans |
Other (Describe): | |
Suitability: |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Healthy |
Diseases: | Native diseases |
Prevalency: | No |
Local Causes: | No |
Recommended Improvements: | No |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | No government landing, trail from village of Aunuu 1/2 mile from light. Land on beach at Aunuu. |
Distance and Direction: | S'ly & about 1/2 mile from light. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | Obscured to N'd on horizon by high land of Tutuila, from N 30 degrees 30' W (magnetic). W'd obscured to S'd from S 3 degrees E (mag) to S 30 degrees 30' W (mag). Partially obscured from S 50 degrees 10' W (mag) to S 56 degrees 25' W. |