Report for Fishermans Point Front Range (Cuba) - 1927

General
District: 9th
Inspector: J.R. Monteiro
Location: On Fisherman, E'ly side of entrance to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Date of Report: 12/08/1927
Latitude: 19° 54' 37"
Longitude: 75° 09' 27"
Premises
Site: Naval Reservation at present - At time of 1907 occupation, was War Dept. ground.
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: Not known
Area Inclosed:
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark:
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises:
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: From Windward Point Lighthouse pier in Quantanamo Bay by buggy.
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office: Caimanera, Cuba
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Pyramidal skeleton tower
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1907
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: Rebuilt 1920
Condition at This Date:
Shape of Tower in Plan:
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 35'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Green hills
Color of Tower: Red post with red circular daymark
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Detached
Object of Navigation: Range light - general navigation & entrance to harbor
Building Materials: Steel
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Steel ladder on outside
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass:
Number of Windows and Size of Sash:
Number of Doors:
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 220
Name of Maker: US General LH Depot
Year Made: Not known
Marks and Number: USLHE
Order of Apparatus: Lens lantern 5 day
Inside Diameter: 30 cm
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part: 360 degrees
Number of Panels: 4
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 1
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 3
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 3
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: Wooden platform supporting lantern
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 shade
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass: Red circular
Lamp Description: Lens lantern, 110W Navy current, 94W bulb
Type of Illuminant: Electric
Number of Spare Lamps: 1
Number of Spare Burners: None
Candle Power: 220
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: None
Oil House Description: Small detached oil house near landing wharf
Oil House Inside Dimension: 10' x 12' x 10'
Oil House Construction Material: Brick
Oil House Capacity: About 700 5-gal cans
Other (Describe):
Suitability:
Dwelling
Location: 1 dwelling near wharf
Coloring:
Construction Materials:
Number of Rooms: 5
Number of Dwellings:
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: See Windward Point
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: Oil house also used for Windward Point
Outhouse Coloring: White
Paths and Walks:
Area Inclosed:
Area of Garden:
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
Cultivation Area Available:
Area Cultivated:
Character of Surroundings: Rocky & hilly
Stove, Maker:
Stove, Size:
Sink, Maker:
Sink, Size:
Pump, Maker:
Pump, Size:
Lamps:
Water
How Procured:
Quality:
Quantity:
Injury Possible:
Purity Precaution:
Tank Capacity:
Tank Material:
Distilling Apparatus: True
Distilling Manufacturer: Naval supply pipe
Well Description:
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket:
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling:
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Good, in general
Diseases: Malaria
Prevalency: In spring
Local Causes:
Recommended Improvements:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: See Windward Point Light Station
Distance and Direction: E S 5/8 S 550 yds.
Miscellaneous Remarks: