Report for Hay Lake Channel Range No 10 (Michigan) - 1909
General |
District: | 11th |
Inspector: | Ralph R. Tinkham |
Location: | Near shore on N'ly end of Neebish Island, & in the S'ly prolongation of the axis of Lower Hay Lake Cut. |
Date of Report: | 08/07/1909 |
Latitude: | 46° 19' 29.9" |
Longitude: | 84° 10' 31.7" |
Premises |
Site: | Purchase. Dwelling in Lot 6, Sec 3, & in Secs 3 & 4 all of T 45 N R = E |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | 01/16/1897 |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | Site of towers, 4.2 acres, of dwelling, 37 acres |
Area Inclosed: | All of dwelling site, 37 acres |
Character of Soil: | Limestone under forest mold & sand. |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | Tower in water |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Dwelling is inclosed by a fence of cedar posts, top board & galvanized ribbon wire built around entire reservation. A fence across rear & side of building premises of balsam posts & steel wire. |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Boat landing opposite boat house on dwelling premises |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | None |
Means to Reach Light Station: | By boat only. Sugar Island Lighthouse Depot is 4 miles from dwelling. There is also a passenger landing at Sailors Encampment 6.5 miles. |
Distance to Nearest Road: | 15 miles to steamboat landing at Sault Ste. Marie, MI. |
Distance to Post Office: | 6.5 miles to Sailors Encampment, MI. |
Distance to Village: | Sault Ste. Marie, MI., 15 miles. |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | By launch from above named places or by tender. |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower, locomotive headlight supported by 2" x 2" angle iron frame braced by 5/8" rods forming a bracketed table fitted with guide sheaves running on the stringers of the ladder. Table is hoisted & lowered by means of iron hand winch & steel cable. |
Number of Separate Lights: | One |
First Built or Established: | 1895 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | Targets rebuilt 1909. Winch & cable put into place, 1909 to replace old couterweight endless cable. |
Condition at This Date: | Good |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square |
Form of Tower: | Pyramidal skeleton steel |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 42' |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 44' |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Wooded |
Color of Tower: | White |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Painted |
Tower Connection: | Detached, about 3/4 mile distant |
Object of Navigation: | Range to guide thru Lower Hay Lake Cut, St. Mary's River, MI. |
Building Materials: | Of 4 - 4x4x1/2" Ls corner posts, tee for struts & 5/8", 3/4" , 7/8" rods for diagonal bracing. Daymark is vertical plank 1 3/4" x 6" spaced 1/2" & spiked to 3" x 4" cleats that are bolted to metal frame of tower, spaced about 4'. |
General Description: | |
Wall Thickness at Base: | |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
Diameter at Base: | 10' |
Diameter at Parapet: | 20' |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Ladder, built of steel bar stringers which serve as guide rails to lantern cage & 1" pipe rounds bolted to bars with pipe fittings. |
Number of Landings: | None |
Size of Glass: | No windows |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | |
Number of Doors: | No doors |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | 4 concrete piers, 4.5' below surface, 5.5' high & 5' square. |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Sand & loam over limestone rock. |
Soil Susceptibility: | Practically all of reservation is wooded except Building premises which is sodded. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | Daymark is in 3 parts, central part in plane of front of tower & 2 wings at 45 degree angle with tower front & 4.5' wide. Total height of daymark is 23'. |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | Locomotive headlight |
Shape of Lantern: | |
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: | |
Ventilator / Cowl: | |
Lightning Spindle: | |
Description of Lightning Rod: | |
Balustrade: | |
Lantern Doors: | |
Floor of Lantern: | |
Watchroom Doors: | |
Parapet Diameter: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | Adams & Westlake |
Year Made: | 1909 |
Marks and Number: | No. 1065- 23" |
Order of Apparatus: | Locomotive headlight |
Inside Diameter: | |
Light Characteristic: | Fixed white |
Time of Revolution: | |
Flash Interval: | |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
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: | Headlight A.W. knit wick, # 94 white chimney. |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 spare headlight apparatus complete |
Number of Spare Burners: | |
Candle Power: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | None |
Oil House Description: | 75' W of dwelling |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | 6' 8" |
Oil House Construction Material: | Wood frame shingle walls & roof all painted red. Globe vent. |
Oil House Capacity: | 100 5-gal cans. |
Other (Describe): | 1 closet & pantry 1st floor each part of double dwelling, cellar under whole house, attic over whole house. |
Suitability: | Suitable. |
Dwelling |
Location: | Double dwelling facing Lower Hay Lake Cut & about 3/4 mile E'ly of light towers. |
Coloring: | 1st sotry buff, 2nd story red, red roof. |
Construction Materials: | 1st story of brick, remainder of wood frame shingle walls & shingle roof. Brick foundation walls. |
Number of Rooms: | Keeper's part 6 rooms, Asst's part 7 rooms. - pantry, hall closet in each. |
Number of Dwellings: | |
Heating Plant: | |
Number of Keepers: | 1 Keeper, 1 assistant & families |
Furnished Quarters: | |
NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
Outhouses: | 6 x 4 privy, metal slate roof; 6 x 6 privy shingle roof, both brick; Barn 16.5' x 30.5' plain of battened boards used as woodshed to cowshed. Former lamp house, 4' x 4' plan, of boards, stands near boathouse & is used to store paint & lines. |
Outhouse Coloring: | Both privies,& lamp house red with red roof; Barn, whitewashed |
Paths and Walks: | 570' of 2.5' concrete slab walks. |
Area Inclosed: | 37 acres by a fence of cedar posts, top board & galvanized ribbon wire built around entire reservation. A fence across rear & side of building premises of balsam posts & steel wire. |
Area of Garden: | 1/2 acre |
Area Timber or Shrubbery: | Whole reservation except bldg premises. |
Cultivation Area Available: | About 1 to 2 acres |
Area Cultivated: | 1/2 acre |
Character of Surroundings: | 2' of sand over limestone bedrock, topped by leaf mould & sod. All fast ground wooded in maple, brick & spruce. |
Stove, Maker: | |
Stove, Size: | |
Sink, Maker: | |
Sink, Size: | |
Pump, Maker: | |
Pump, Size: | |
Lamps: |
Water |
How Procured: | From river by windmill & stored in elevated tank. |
Quality: | Good |
Quantity: | Ample |
Injury Possible: | No. Intake pipe 100' long lies below house sewer outlet. To be changed & lengthened, 1910 & run above sewer. |
Purity Precaution: | No cisterns |
Tank Capacity: | Wooden tank stands on timber frame beside windmill & elevated abt 20'. 6' high & 7.5' dia. inside, cylindrical, containing 265 cu ft. or 2000 gals. |
Tank Material: | Tank - wood; Windmill galv. steel |
Distilling Apparatus: | False |
Distilling Manufacturer: | |
Well Description: | |
Well Diameter: | |
Well Lining: | |
Pump or Bucket: | |
What Power Used: | |
Distance from Dwelling: | 60' NE. Water piped to kitchens & outside fixtures. (both sides) |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Good |
Diseases: | None |
Prevalency: | No |
Local Causes: | No |
Recommended Improvements: | Natural drainage & house sewer. |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | Boathouse 12' x 36' of vertical boards, battened & shingle roof painted red. Fitted with wood roller boatways & iron winch, also tackle & sling for hoisting aux. boat out of way. Boat landing 106' long from end of boathouse. Outer crib - stone filled logs |
Distance and Direction: | 150' NW of dwelling. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | 40' in front of dwelling is rough stone retaining wall behind which is filled in & sodded. |