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:
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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
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Illuminating Apparatus
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Name of Maker: Adams & Westlake
Year Made: 1909
Marks and Number: No. 1065- 23"
Order of Apparatus: Locomotive headlight
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Light Characteristic: Fixed white
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Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
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Lamp Description: Headlight A.W. knit wick, # 94 white chimney.
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Number of Spare Lamps: 1 spare headlight apparatus complete
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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.
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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
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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.