Report for Bald Head Light Station (North Carolina) - 1912

General
District: 5th
Inspector: Tom H. Gregg, Supt.
Location: Easterly side of entrance to Cape Fear River, Smith Island, N.C. List of Lights, etc. Jan. 1911.
Date of Report: 05/03/1912
Latitude: 33° 52' 24"
Longitude: 77° 59' 54"
Premises
Site: Purchases.
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 01/03/1816
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 10 acres
Area Inclosed: 7560 square feet.
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: 50 feet
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: G. I. wire with iron posts.
Wharf or Landing on Premises: Yes.
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: From southport, 4 miles by launch.
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office:
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Brick tower.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1817
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: 1906
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: 99 feet
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Low marsh.
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: White-wash.
Tower Connection: Detached.
Object of Navigation: Harbor range.
Building Materials: Brick, sand stone trimmings.
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base: 5 feet
Wall Thickness at Parapet: 2' 3"
Diameter at Base: 35 feet
Diameter at Parapet: 14' 6"
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Wooden stairs.
Number of Landings: 6
Size of Glass: 10" x 12"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 8 - 2' 10.25" wide, 2' 3 3/8" high.
Number of Doors: 1
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 4th order
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal
Diameter to Glass:
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 10
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: 1/4"
Size of Plates: 28" x 36"
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern: None.
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Cast iron.
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Sheet copper.
Ventilator / Cowl: Sheet copper.
Lightning Spindle: Copper.
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade: Wooden hand rail.
Lantern Doors: 1 wooden, hinged in 2 parts.
Floor of Lantern: Soapstone.
Watchroom Doors: Wooden shutter hinged.
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: Wall.
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: None.
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: 10 hung on hooks & eyes.


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: 1 small table.
How is Relief Called: None.
Where is Call System Led:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 850 cp
Name of Maker: Barbiero Fenestre Crs A
Year Made: Unknown
Marks and Number: A Paris.
Order of Apparatus: 4th Order
Inside Diameter: 500 mm
Light Characteristic: Fixed white.
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part: 90 degrees
Number of Panels: 4, 1 dark
Number of Flash Panels: None.
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 5 dioptric
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 6 catadioptric
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 4 catadioptric
Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
Revolving Panels:
How Flash is Produced: Occulted by A.C.A. Flasher
Number of Vertical Elements Panel:
Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal: Cast iron, brass plate in top for holding lens with lamp table.
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description: Yes. Copper 14", no damper tube.
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: No.
How Color is Produced:
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: 1-1/4 foot burner
Type of Illuminant: Acetylene.
Number of Spare Lamps: Only 2 on station, should have another
Number of Spare Burners: None.
Candle Power: 55 cp


Compressed Gas
Gas Container: 6 A-50 tanks
Compressed Gas Capacity: 177
Compressed Gas Charge: 225 lbs
How Supply Renewed: By substitution
At What Intervals: 2 tanks every 2 months.
Spare Containers: 2


Gas Light
Gas Light Kind: A.C.A. acetylene
Gas Light Number of Burners: 1
Kind of Burner: Flat flame
Candlepower Per Burner: 55
Total Candlepower: 55
Consumption Gas Burner Per Hour: 1-1/4
Total Consumption Per Hour: 5/8 cubic foot
How Gas Obtained:


Occulting Light
Characteristic: 1 sec. light, 1 sec. eclipse
Time Limit: L. 4.03 sec. to 3.0 sec.
Eclipse Type: Valve.
Size and Amplitude:
Axis Rotation:
Axis Relation:
Screen Revolution:
Screen Number:
Screen Time:
Screen Form:
Screen Mounting:
Screen Order:
Screen Date:
Valve Maker: A. C. A. Co.
Valve Pattern: K-130, with sunvalve S-10
Reliability: Yes.
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: None.
Oil House Description: 50' south of tower.
Oil House Inside Dimension: 10' 4" x 9' 8"
Oil House Construction Material: Brick
Oil House Capacity: 169 to eaves. House in double size given - Smith Tapland Range using one-half.
Other (Describe): None.
Suitability:
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: None.
Time to Start:
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer:
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic:
Duplication:
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:
Dwelling
Location: 100 ft. south
Coloring: White.
Construction Materials: Wood.
Number of Rooms:
Number of Dwellings: 1
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: None.
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: 1
Outhouse Coloring: White.
Paths and Walks: Brick
Area Inclosed:
Area of Garden:
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
Cultivation Area Available: 1/2 acre.
Area Cultivated: None.
Character of Surroundings: Shifting sand & marsh.
Stove, Maker: Economist
Stove, Size: #7
Sink, Maker: None
Sink, Size:
Pump, Maker: W.B.Douglas
Pump, Size: #2
Lamps: 1 table, Funck, & 2 hand.
Water
How Procured: Cistern & dug well, 10' 6" deep.
Quality: Both good.
Quantity: Ample.
Injury Possible: No.
Purity Precaution: Lime & whiting are used. Should be screened.
Tank Capacity: 8000 gallons.
Tank Material: Brick.
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description:
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket:
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling:
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Good.
Diseases: Chilla & Fever.
Prevalency: Fall.
Local Causes: No.
Recommended Improvements: No.
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Wodden pile dock.
Distance and Direction: 200 ft. North.
Miscellaneous Remarks: