Report for Grand Island (Michigan) - 1909
General |
District: | 11th |
Inspector: | Ralph R. Tinkham, |
Location: | On sandstone cliff of N'ly end of Grand Island, MI., S'ly shore of Lake Superior |
Date of Report: | 06/30/1909 |
Latitude: | 46° 33' 35.9' |
Longitude: | 86° 40' 53.6' |
Premises |
Site: | Reservation & purchase. Lot 1, Sec. 16, & lots 3 & 4, Sec. 15, T 48 N, R 19 W, MI. mer. |
Date of Reservation: | 04/05/1847 |
Date of Deed: | 05/06/1887 |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | 91.45 acres |
Area Inclosed: | None |
Character of Soil: | Sand & loam |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 150' to edge of cliff. Cliff 175' high. |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | No regular inclosures. 10' wire game fence erected by Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. crosses reservation to rear of lighthouse premises. |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Boat landing 1/2 mile from tower. Boathouse at foot of sand bluff, reached by stairs & boardwalk from top. |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | Foot trail leads from tower to bank above boathouse. Wagon trail cut part way. Dist. 1/2 mile. |
Means to Reach Light Station: | By tug or launch from Munising, MI., or by launch to Williams Landing at S end of island, thence by rig over good road to light station. Station is 10 miles from Williams Landing, which is 4 miles by water from Munising. |
Distance to Nearest Road: | 15 miles to Munising by water |
Distance to Post Office: | Munising, 15 miles |
Distance to Village: | 10 miles to Williams Landing (summer resort) |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | By launch |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
Number of Separate Lights: | One |
First Built or Established: | 1856 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | 1867 |
Condition at This Date: | Good, except interior finish of lantern, which is poor. |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square |
Form of Tower: | Prismatic |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 38.5' |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 205' |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Wooded |
Color of Tower: | Buff; black lantern |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
Tower Connection: | Attached, forming center of dwelling. |
Object of Navigation: | Lake coast light & guide to Grand Island Harbor. |
Building Materials: | Brick walls, cut stone foundation wall & stone steps, sills & lintels |
General Description: | |
Wall Thickness at Base: | 18" |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 18" |
Diameter at Base: | 9' 4" |
Diameter at Parapet: | 9' 4" |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Circular winding, cast iron. |
Number of Landings: | 4; 3 1/4 landings & 1 1/8. |
Size of Glass: | 10" x 14" |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 2 6-lt & 1 12-lt.; sash 33 x 34" |
Number of Doors: | 3; 1 outside, 1 2nd floor of dwelling, 1 1st floor of dwelling. |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Stone foundation |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Sand & loam |
Soil Susceptibility: | Yes. Forest grown up to small clearing containing bldgs & premises are well sodded. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | 4th |
Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
Diameter to Glass: | 6' 11 3/4" |
Diameter in the Clear: | 6' 5 1/4" |
Number of Sides: | 10 |
Type of Bars: | Vertical |
Thickness of Bars: | |
Height Glazed: | 3' |
Number of Plates in Height: | One |
Number of Plates Each Side: | One |
Thickness of Plates: | 5/16" |
Size of Plates: | 36" x 27" |
Number of Storm Panes: | None |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | 2 dark panels, each 36 degrees (72 degrees) |
What Bearings: | Between about 54 degrees to 126 degrees, N=0 degrees |
Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron, parapet lined with wood |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Pyramidal cast iron, zinc lined. |
Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron |
Lightning Spindle: | Iron |
Description of Lightning Rod: | 1/2" copper rod led from lantern deck to ground. |
Balustrade: | Gallery cast iron, 12' sq. Rail 33" high, 3/4" x 2" & 1/2" x 2.5" flat bar rails with 1 1/4" stanchions, cast iron ball tops. |
Lantern Doors: | Cast iron, single-fold door in parapet fitted with brass spring bolt & brass hinges. |
Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron flanged plates, continued outside parapet to form lantern gallery. |
Watchroom Doors: | No watchroom. Cast iron trap door, with hand hole lift, opens through floor of lantern. |
Parapet Diameter: | 6' 4", lined with vertical wood ceiling. |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | 4 ventilators in parapet, brass register valves inside, cast iron hoods outside. |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Brass hooks screwed to verticals. |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | 4 hours |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | L. Sautter, Paris |
Year Made: | Not given |
Marks and Number: | None |
Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
Inside Diameter: | 19 3/4" |
Light Characteristic: | Fixed white varied by white flash |
Time of Revolution: | 3 minutes |
Flash Interval: | 90 seconds |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | 2 fixed parts between 2 flash panels. Each fixed part of 2 panels each 60 degrees - 120 degrees to each part. |
Number of Panels: | 6; 4 fixed & 2 flash |
Number of Flash Panels: | 2 |
Arc of Each: | Each 60 degrees |
Number of Elements in Central Drum: | Fixed: cntrl belt, 2 ele. abv, 2 blw; Flash: Bullseye & 2 conc. cir. ele. |
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 5, in all panels |
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 3, in all panels |
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: | Old pattern cast iron, circular top, 20" diam. |
Service Table: | Fan-shaped, cast iron, attached to pedestal & supporting clockwork. |
Draft Tube Description: | None |
Revolving Machinery: | French clockwork operating horizontal spur gear driving a horiz. spur rack, circular, forming base of illuminating apparatus. |
Standby and Description: | |
Chariot Float or Balls: | Pivot bearing. |
Chariot Description: | |
Length of Drop Tube: | 25' |
Clock Weight: | |
Length of Winding Time: | 4 hours |
Drive During Rewind: | |
Machinery Protection: | By glass-paneled brass-bound case. |
Regulated: | Fan governor & by adding & subtracting weights. |
Lens Protection: | |
How Color is Produced: | Not colored. |
Red Sectors Description: | |
Where Color Attached: | |
Form of Colored Glass: | |
Lamp Description: | Funk-Heap 4th order, 1 wick |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 spare, 2 in use |
Number of Spare Burners: | 1 burner to each lamp. |
Candle Power: |
Clock Cord Description |
Revolving Cord: | |
Size of Clock Cord: | |
Length of Clock Cord: | |
How Led: | Wound on drum & led through lantern floor, over brass sheaves into flue in wall. |
Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: |
Vapor Oil Lamp |
Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 wick |
Diameter of Outside Wick: | 1.5" |
Diameter of Mantel: | |
Diameter of Circum Circle: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | Small shelf closet is set in wall at stair landing at 2nd floor of dwelling |
Oil House Description: | 75' W'ly in rear of dwelling, wood shelving. |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | 6' 6" x 8' 8" |
Oil House Construction Material: | Vitrified brick walls, metal-slate roof, concrete floor & ceiling. |
Oil House Capacity: | 50 5-gal cans. |
Other (Describe): | 1 large closet or storeroom on 1st floor, 1 closet 2nd floor, both in dwelling. |
Suitability: | Dry & suitable. |
Dwelling |
Location: | Attached to W side of tower. |
Coloring: | Buff, painted on brick walls |
Construction Materials: | Brick walls on stone foundation, cut stone sills & lintels. |
Number of Rooms: | 7 plus cleaning room, 2 closets, pantry & cellar |
Number of Dwellings: | |
Heating Plant: | |
Number of Keepers: | 1 Keeper & 1 assistant |
Furnished Quarters: | |
NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
Outhouses: | Shed, 14 x 24' batten board, metal-slate roof; privy 8 x 6' brick, shingle roof; spring house of boards 4x4'; oilhouse & boathouse. |
Outhouse Coloring: | Shed & spring house, whitewashed, red roof; privy, buff, red roof; oilhouse brick, boathouse white. |
Paths and Walks: | 150 lin. ft. of concrete walk to all bldgs. exc. boathouse, to which a path leads having 4 wood bridges over ravines. |
Area Inclosed: | No inclosures |
Area of Garden: | About 600 sq. ft., inclosed by low stave fence. |
Area Timber or Shrubbery: | About 90 acres hardwood; some of it in cedar. |
Cultivation Area Available: | None, aside from garden, which is artificially fertililized. |
Area Cultivated: | None besides garden. |
Character of Surroundings: | Sand & loam on sandstone bedrock. |
Stove, Maker: | |
Stove, Size: | |
Sink, Maker: | |
Sink, Size: | |
Pump, Maker: | |
Pump, Size: | |
Lamps: |
Water |
How Procured: | From a spring |
Quality: | Excellent |
Quantity: | Ample |
Injury Possible: | No |
Purity Precaution: | None |
Tank Capacity: | Cistern in cellar under kitchen - not used. |
Tank Material: | Brick |
Distilling Apparatus: | False |
Distilling Manufacturer: | |
Well Description: | Spring is curbed about 6' deep & covered with board & shingle house. |
Well Diameter: | 3' |
Well Lining: | Yes |
Pump or Bucket: | By bucket |
What Power Used: | |
Distance from Dwelling: | 100' SE'ly of kitchen. |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Excellent |
Diseases: | None |
Prevalency: | No |
Local Causes: | No |
Recommended Improvements: | None necessary |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | Boathouse is 12x28' in plan, 10' to plates, vert. boards battened & natural shingle roof. Fitted w/ iron winch. Boat landing is log crib 31x12', filled w/ stone & planked over, to which is a plank walk 51' long & 4' wide from NW corner of boathouse. |
Distance and Direction: | Boathouse is about 1/2 mile SE'ly from lighthouse. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | On trail leading from lighthouse to boathouse, 4 bridges cross deep ravines. Each is 4' wide with 2x4" handrail & stanchions on 1 side only, & built of timber strings on timber trestle bents, plank deck. Bridges, in order from l.h. are 25', 70', 69' & 45' |