Report for Gull Shoal Light Station (North Carolina) - 1909

General
District: 5th
Inspector: John Murdoch, Assistant Light-House Engineer
Location: Gull Shoal, NC, on the E'ly end of Gull Shoal, NC, making off the the E'd from the NW'ly shore of Pamlico Sound.
Date of Report: 11/24/1909
Latitude: 35° 21' 58"
Longitude: 75° 57' 28"
Premises
Site: Submarine
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site:
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: By railroad to Elizabeth City, NC, Boat to Inglehart, NC. Small boat to station.
Distance to Nearest Road: 12 miles to steamboat landing.
Distance to Post Office: 7 miles
Distance to Village: 7 miles
Facilities for Public Conveyance: None
Facilities for Private Conveyance: Small boat 7 miles.
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Dwelling.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1891
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: February, 1908.
Condition at This Date: Good
Shape of Tower in Plan: Hexagonal structure
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 43.5 feet
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Water
Color of Tower: White; substructure brown.
Color of Tower/ How Produced: By paint.
Tower Connection: No tower.
Object of Navigation: Local navigation.
Building Materials:
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Wood
Number of Landings: 2
Size of Glass: 8" x 12" & 18 5/8" x 10"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 10; 5' 8" x 2' 10", 2' 3" x 3' 8" and 3' 4.75" x 2'
Number of Doors: 12
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: Screwpile, 12 feet.
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 4th
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal
Diameter to Glass: 7'
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 8
Type of Bars: Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 36"
Number of Plates in Height: 1
Number of Plates Each Side: 1
Thickness of Plates: 3/8"
Size of Plates: 36" x 34"
Number of Storm Panes: None.
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Wood, iron & copper.
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Copper.
Ventilator / Cowl: Copper
Lightning Spindle: Brass.
Description of Lightning Rod: Copper, fastened to sill of lantern, led over roof to side of house & to water.
Balustrade: Wood.
Lantern Doors: With hinges to frame of lantern.
Floor of Lantern: Wood.
Watchroom Doors: None.
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: Lower part of lantern.
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: None.
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Screwed into frame of lantern.
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker: F. Barbier Co., Paris
Year Made: 1890
Marks and Number: B.F.
Order of Apparatus: 4th
Inside Diameter: 19"
Light Characteristic: Fixed red.
Time of Revolution:
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: 5
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 6
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 4
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: Iron.
Service Table: Iron.
Draft Tube Description: None.
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: By red chimneys
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass: Chimney.
Lamp Description: Improved, 1 wick.
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps: 2
Number of Spare Burners: None
Candle Power:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use:
Oil House Description: On 2nd floor, fitted with oil stand covered with zinc.
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe): On 1st floor, fitted with shelves, for general purposes.
Suitability: Dry & suitable.
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Stevens bell machine
Time to Start: 2 minutes
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer: Goe. M. Stevens Co., Boston, Mass.
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic: Double blow every 15 seconds.
Duplication: None.
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location:
Distance and Direction:
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse:
Description of Fog Signal Building:
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Bell Signal
Weight: 1200 lbs.
Metal: Bell metal
Diameter: 36"
Height: 26"
Time: 3/4 hour
Manufacturer:
Weights for Operation:
Dwelling
Location: No tower.
Coloring: White
Construction Materials:
Number of Rooms: 6
Number of Dwellings:
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: 1 keeper & 1 assistant
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: None.
Outhouse Coloring:
Paths and Walks: None.
Area Inclosed:
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 roofs.
Quality: Good
Quantity: Ample
Injury Possible: Not liable.
Purity Precaution: Tanks cleaned twice each year.
Tank Capacity: 4 tanks, 200 galls. each on 1st floor.
Tank Material: Iron
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description:
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket:
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling:
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Generally healthy.
Diseases: Malarial.
Prevalency: Spring & fall.
Local Causes: Swamps & marshes.
Recommended Improvements: