Report for Holland Pierhead Rear Range (Michigan) - 1910
General |
District: | 9th |
Inspector: | Francis J. Otter, Draftsman, 9th Lighthouse Dist. |
Location: | On outer end of S pier entrance to Black Lake Holland Harbor, Mich., E'ly side of S'ly part of Lake Michigan, & 880' (1/6 mile) 87 degrees 15' (E 1/4 N) in rear of front range & together with front forms range for approaching entrance to harbor. |
Date of Report: | 04/30/1910 |
Latitude: | 42° 46' 24" N |
Longitude: | 86° 13' 00" W |
Premises |
Site: | Purchase, consideration $200.00 from Henry D. Post & Anna C., his wife. |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | 05/26/1873 |
Date of Permission: | 08/10/1873 |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | 61.358 acres & all accretions N'd (May 24, 1873). |
Area Inclosed: | None |
Character of Soil: | Sandy |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | Towers on pier |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Harbor pier in channel |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | There is a road leading to reservation |
Means to Reach Light Station: | Electric cars run to within 1/4 mile of Keeper's Dwelling, 1/4 mile to Macatawa Village; 6 miles to Holland by boat or public road. RR or steamboat to Holland. |
Distance to Nearest Road: | 1/4 mile to public road, 6 miles to RR station & steamboat landing, 1/4 mile. |
Distance to Post Office: | 1/4 mile |
Distance to Village: | 1/4 mile to Village of Macatawa, 6 miles to Holland. |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | 1/4 mile to electric cars |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | 1/4 miles to Keepers dwelling from electric car, 6 miles to Holland, by private conveyance or boat. |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | White square pyramidal tower |
Number of Separate Lights: | One |
First Built or Established: | 1870 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | 1907 |
Condition at This Date: | Good |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Pyramidal |
Form of Tower: | Square pyramidal |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 44' 8" |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 45' |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Sand hills, trees & summer resort bldgs. |
Color of Tower: | White |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | By lead & oil paint |
Tower Connection: | Detached |
Object of Navigation: | Range to Harbor entrance |
Building Materials: | Cast iron & wood |
General Description: | |
Wall Thickness at Base: | Open skeleton, structural steel |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 1/4" plate |
Diameter at Base: | 14' 7" square |
Diameter at Parapet: | 10' 7.5" square |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | 2 iron ladders, leading to lantern |
Number of Landings: | 3 |
Size of Glass: | 14.5" dia |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 2 bullseyes, 15 3/4" diam. |
Number of Doors: | 1 metal door at level of elevated walk |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Concrete, 12" below water line |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Keepers dwelling site, sandy, Towers are on pier |
Soil Susceptibility: | Keepers site, by trees & shrubbery |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | 217 lin. ft of metal elevated walk, created during 1902, also 533 lin. ft. of old type wooden walk, Width between breakwater at entrance 300'. |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | 4th |
Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
Diameter to Glass: | 7' 2" |
Diameter in the Clear: | 6' 9 3/4" |
Number of Sides: | 9 |
Type of Bars: | Vertical |
Thickness of Bars: | |
Height Glazed: | 36" |
Number of Plates in Height: | One |
Number of Plates Each Side: | One |
Thickness of Plates: | 3/8" |
Size of Plates: | 26 3/4" x 36" |
Number of Storm Panes: | Lantern is not so fitted |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None |
What Bearings: | |
Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron, old style |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Cast iron |
Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron |
Lightning Spindle: | Regulation spindle |
Description of Lightning Rod: | None |
Balustrade: | Wrought iron rails & cast iron newels; cast iron gallery which is an extension of lantern deck |
Lantern Doors: | Door in parapet, hinged to swing out. Trap door in floor, hinged & swings up. |
Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron |
Watchroom Doors: | Trap door, hinged, made of steel plate, swings up |
Parapet Diameter: | Polygonal, 6' 9 3/4" |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | In parapet wall, 5 ventilators |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None required |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Fastened to standards, drilled & tapped into place. |
Watchroom |
How is Watchroom Fitted: | Stove only |
How is Relief Called: | |
Where is Call System Led: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | Sauter Haile C.E. |
Year Made: | 1894 |
Marks and Number: | 1894 year. 355 |
Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
Inside Diameter: | 1' 7 11/16" |
Light Characteristic: | Fixed red |
Time of Revolution: | |
Flash Interval: | |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | Fixed |
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, rear panel deflector |
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 4, rear panel deflector |
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: | Cast iron, 3' 5.5" high |
Service Table: | 2' 5.5" high, size of table, 18" x 2' 2" |
Draft Tube Description: | None needed |
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 chimney |
Red Sectors Description: | |
Where Color Attached: | Chimney |
Form of Colored Glass: | |
Lamp Description: | New 4th order, 1 wick |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | One |
Number of Spare Burners: | Burners form part of lamp. |
Candle Power: |
Vapor Oil Lamp |
Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 wick |
Diameter of Outside Wick: | 1.5" |
Diameter of Mantel: | |
Diameter of Circum Circle: |