Report for Hog Island (Virginia) - 1870
General |
District: | 5th |
Inspector: | Commodore Dornin, LH Inspector |
Location: | Mataprungo Inlet, VA |
Date of Report: | 08/21/1870 |
Latitude: | |
Longitude: |
Premises |
Site: | |
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: | They are not inclosed. |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
Means to Reach Light Station: | |
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: | Detached tower |
Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
First Built or Established: | |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
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: | |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | |
Color of Tower: | White |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Whitewashed |
Tower Connection: | |
Object of Navigation: | |
Building Materials: | |
General Description: | Built of brick and in good condition. |
Wall Thickness at Base: | |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
Diameter at Base: | |
Diameter at Parapet: | |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | |
Number of Landings: | |
Size of Glass: | Clean - free from scratches. 2 of them cracked. |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | Wood & in good condition. |
Number of Doors: | |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
Soil Susceptibility: | |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | There is a regulation clock in good condition. |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | Ladders are used, but hooks are not required & are not used. |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | There is none provided. |
Watchroom |
How is Watchroom Fitted: | |
How is Relief Called: | There is no bell supplied to call the relief, but the light is carefully attended. |
Where is Call System Led: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | |
Year Made: | |
Marks and Number: | |
Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
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: | Lens 4th order Franklin lamps. |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 spare lamp in good order. |
Number of Spare Burners: | 2 spare burners in good condition. |
Candle Power: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | |
Oil House Description: | |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
Oil House Construction Material: | |
Oil House Capacity: | |
Other (Describe): | There is a closet provided for the preservation of utensils, wicks, chimneys and cleaning materials. Paints, oils, spirits of turpentine, paint-brushes, etc. are kept carefully by themselves in the oil room. |
Suitability: |
Dwelling |
Location: | |
Coloring: | |
Construction Materials: | |
Number of Rooms: | |
Number of Dwellings: | |
Heating Plant: | |
Number of Keepers: | |
Furnished Quarters: | |
NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
Outhouses: | |
Outhouse Coloring: | |
Paths and Walks: | |
Area Inclosed: | |
Area of Garden: | |
Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
Cultivation Area Available: | |
Area Cultivated: | Keeper cultivates a small garden. |
Character of Surroundings: | |
Stove, Maker: | |
Stove, Size: | |
Sink, Maker: | |
Sink, Size: | |
Pump, Maker: | |
Pump, Size: | |
Lamps: |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | |
Distance and Direction: | |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | Premises req. enclosing. A boat shed much req'd w/ the necessary materials for hoisting her out of water. Req'd 3 new 50-gallon air tight oil butts in place of the old ones now in use. |
Boats |
Boat Number: | 0 |
Type: | 2 sails, 2 oars & rudder. |
Length: | 7.5' |
Width: | 18' |
When Built: | |
Date Harbored at Station: | |
Sails: | True |
Suited to Work: | Good condition |
Condition |
Lantern: | Excellent condition |
Illuminating Apparatus: | In very good order |
Service Lamp: | Lamp very clean chimney clean & clear. Damper is in good condition. |
Oil: | Oil is clear & in good order for use having been well strained. |
Service Lamp Burner: | Lamp burner free from all substances. Tubes & wicks in proper condition according to instructions & directions. |
Service Lamp Burner Level: | It was found to be level. |
Plate Glass: | In good condition & clear. |
Lens Cover: | Clean, made of striped linen & not having hooks, is kept folded & placed carefully on service table in lantern room. |
Lantern Curtains: | There is one set Lantern curtains in good condition. |
Carillon or Alarm Bell: | There is nothing of the kind supplied here. |
Rod Lamp: | Lamp in good condition & kept ready for use. Keeper fully understands all that is required about it. |
Dwelling: | Chimney smokes. In good condition. |
Stairway and Landing: | Perfectly clean. |
Inside of Tower: | Good. |
Glazing of Dwelling: | Good |
Improvements Needed: | None |
Outhouses: | No outhouses |
Boathouse: | There is no boathouse |
Grounds: | As good as could be expected in such a windy & exposed place. They have the appearance of great care & neatness. |
Equipment Care |
Does Keeper Understand the Use and Care of | |
Lens: | Proper steps are used for adjusting these matters. |
Lantern and Trap Doors: | They are properly fitted, & answer the purpose for which they are designed. |
Watch or Trimming Room: | Nothing of the kind came under my observation. |
Lucernes or Matches: | The Lantern lamp is lighted at the Keeper's house by which the Lucerne lamp is lighted in the Lantern room. |
Heater: | Lamp now in use (Franklin) is a self-heater. |
Ventilation: | Keeper is fully sensible of the importance of the above points & is carefully attentive to them. |
Dome: | Dome of Lantern, coral & balustrade etc. are painted according to instructions. Lightning rod in good condition. |
Oil Room |
Oil Room Condition: | Clean & properly ventilated. |
Oil Carriers: | In good order |
Number of 100 Gallon Oil Butts: | 3 |
Number of 50 Gallon Oil Butts: | None |
Number of Small Butts for Waste Oil: | 1 (16 gallons) |
Number of Dripping Buckets: | 3 |
Number of Oil Tanks: | 4 - 316 gallons |
Oil Butts Made According to Regulation: | They are of the old style without air tight covers. |
Oil Butt Covers: | Tanks are without covers, the air cocks are not applied to the butts in use. |
Drip Bucket Placement: | They all have drip buckets attached & in good order. |
Oil Butt Platform: | Butts are placed upon plank supported by masonry. |
Empty Oil Butts: | They are kept clean as soon as empty. |
Tool Chests and Presses |
Cleaning Materials Put Away: | They are so put up. |
Paints Separate: | They are |
Tool Chest: | None |
Tool Condition: | Are kept in a small box by themselves & in good order, but a very few in number. |
Tools Free from Rust: | They are |
Closets Clean: | They are |
Service Box In Good Order: | They are |
Trimming Scissors Clean: | They are |
Brushes and Floor Clothes: | They are |
Lantern Condition: | Condition good |
Keeper and Assistants |
Keeper Appearance: | Keeper is neat & tidy |
Keeper Interested in Duties: | He does |
Keeper Capacity for Duties: | He manifests great zeal to acquit himself faithfully in the performance of his duties, which he does quite well. |
Keeper Understanding of Regulations: | From his ready replies to questions, & from the result of my inspection I think he fully does. |
Keeper Complaints: | He did not |
Keeper Family: | He has a family who occupy the house with him. |
Keeper Name: | David N. Bool |
Keeper Age: | Middle age |
Keeper Present or Absent: | Present |
Number of Assistants: | 1 |
Assistants Attend to Duty: | He does |
Assistants Capability: | Assistant is intelligent & industrious. |
Assistants Complaints: | He did not |
Assistants Family: | |
Assistant Keeper Names: | |
Did Principal and Assistant Keepers Accompany the Inspector?: | Keeper accompanied me throughout the Inspection. |
Account and Regulations Books |
Account Books | |
Daily Expenditures Posted: | They are kept very neatly. |
Quarterly Returns on Hand: | They are on hand. |
Receipt and Expenditure Accounts Kept: | They are |
Shipwreck and Vessels Passed Book: | They are |
Regulations, Instructions, and Directions | |
Rules and Regulations Copies: | 1 |
Instructions and Directions Copies: | 1 |
Placard Directions Copies: | 1 |
Notice to Visitors Copies: | 1 |
Summary of Duties: | 1 |
Index of Instructions: | 1 |
Guide for Mixed Paints: | 1 |
Directions for Purifying Water: | 1 |
Placards Easily Visible: | They are |
Books Easily Accessible: | They are |
Blank Books and Forms: | 1 Blank Book. |