Report for Huron (Ohio) - 1909
General |
District: | 10th |
Inspector: | Chas. Bartlett, Chief Clerk & Norris Works, Supt. |
Location: | On W Pier, center 30' 2 1/4" from outer end & 15' 2 1/8" from channel face of concrete pierhead, entrance to Huron Harbor, OH., S'ly shore of W'ly part of Lake Erie. Total length of W Pier = 1830'. |
Date of Report: | 02/03/1909 |
Latitude: | 41° 24' 10" |
Longitude: | 82° 32' 48" |
Premises |
Site: | Light on US Pier; Dwelling on purchased property |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | 09/30/1838 |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | Dwelling site - 0.8 acres |
Area Inclosed: | 0.8 acres |
Character of Soil: | Sandy loam over clay. |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | Tower on Pier - Dwelling site 179' |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Board fence about dwelling site. At tower: concrete parapet on NW, NE & SE sides of pierhead deck, 3' high. A 2" pipe railing 3" high on SW side of pierhead. |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Tower stands on W Pier, steps in SE corner of Pierhead, down to water. |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | Main St. Huron terminates at S'ly end of W pier & a good stone walk in Main St. leads to river end of pier. |
Means to Reach Light Station: | Beacon reached by walking to N end Main St. thence at W Pier 1780' to pierhead, last 630' may be traversed on steel plank type of elevated walk, erected August & Sept. 1907. |
Distance to Nearest Road: | From tower about 3/5 mile to station of Lake Shore Elect. RR & about 1 mile to station of L.S. & M.S. RR. |
Distance to Post Office: | In village |
Distance to Village: | In village |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | Bi-hourly cars on Lake Shore Electric RR from Cleveland to Sandusky - trains of L.S. & M.S. RR |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | Walk |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Iron skeleton tower incased with wood & metal shingles. |
Number of Separate Lights: | One |
First Built or Established: | 1835 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | 1900 & 1907 |
Condition at This Date: | 1st class |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square |
Form of Tower: | Pyramidal |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 35' 7 1/8" |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 48' 5" |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Immediate background is liable to be dark smoke from wheeling of Lake Erie Cab & Ore docks, which are located on E side Huron River, entrance background trees. |
Color of Tower: | White, black lantern |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
Tower Connection: | Detached - distant about 2500' in village of Huron. |
Object of Navigation: | Harbor light, marks end of W pier. |
Building Materials: | Iron, portion below watchroom was originally open skeleton iron work, skeleton portion was inclosed with wood in 1900 & covered with metal shingles. |
General Description: | |
Wall Thickness at Base: | 5 1/4" |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | Lantern parapet 5 7/16" |
Diameter at Base: | 10' 3" x 10' 4 1/4" |
Diameter at Parapet: | 6' 6 7/8" sq. |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Iron circular to watchroom - Iron ladder up to lantern. |
Number of Landings: | 1 intermediate at watchroom |
Size of Glass: | 1 window, 4 lts. 10" x 10", sash, 23" x 22" - 2 windows, 1 light sash 30" x 26" |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | Numerous small colored lights about side of sash |
Number of Doors: | 1 outside |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Concrete base shoring solid, 3' high, resting on concrete deck 18" thick, which rests on stone filling of pierhead on crib. |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | None at tower |
Soil Susceptibility: | |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | Concrete pierhead & concrete outer portion of W pier extension were built in season 1906- 1907 by US engineers. Concrete deck & parapet placed by USLHE in 1907 & light tower moved out about 296' from its former posn, July 16 to Aug. 3, 1907 |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | 4th |
Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
Diameter to Glass: | 5' 7.5" |
Diameter in the Clear: | |
Number of Sides: | 6 |
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: | 5/16" |
Size of Plates: | 35 3/4" x 38 3/4" |
Number of Storm Panes: | None |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None |
What Bearings: | |
Construction Material Lantern: | Iron |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Iron lined with zinc |
Ventilator / Cowl: | Iron |
Lightning Spindle: | Iron spindle, point covered down about 3' with brass, apparently plated with tin. |
Description of Lightning Rod: | Of about 1" copper cable attached to iron framing of tower at SW corner led down concrete foundation thence horizontally thru concrete of pierhead deck & attached to 4" iron water pipe leading vertically down into water at 17' SW from SW corner of tower. |
Balustrade: | Iron |
Lantern Doors: | Iron door on S'ly or shore side, in parapet below glass, requiring a creeping posture for exit to balcony deck. |
Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron |
Watchroom Doors: | Iron trap |
Parapet Diameter: | 5' 2 5/8" |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | 5 brass working ventilator discs. |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Iron screw heads screwed into lantern posts. |
Watchroom |
How is Watchroom Fitted: | Small closet in corner |
How is Relief Called: | None |
Where is Call System Led: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | L. Sautter & Co. |
Year Made: | |
Marks and Number: | |
Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
Inside Diameter: | 1' 7 5/8" |
Light Characteristic: | Fixed white |
Time of Revolution: | |
Flash Interval: | |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | Fixed white, arc 270 degrees seen from lake, bearing N 82 degrees E by N to N 8 degrees W; Azimuth 82 degrees to 352 degrees. |
Number of Panels: | 3 panels of 90 degrees = 270 degrees & 1 panel reflector 90 degrees. |
Number of Flash Panels: | |
Arc of Each: | |
Number of Elements in Central Drum: | |
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 5 |
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 3 |
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' 1.5" high 15" dia. at top, 12" at base on floor |
Service Table: | Iron |
Draft Tube Description: | Smoke conductor of brass, 18" long, screwed to lens ring, dia. 2.5" |
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: | 4th order with 5 d.g. tank |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 3 |
Number of Spare Burners: | None |
Candle Power: |
Vapor Oil Lamp |
Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 wick |
Diameter of Outside Wick: | 1.5" dia |
Diameter of Mantel: | |
Diameter of Circum Circle: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | Small corner closet in room below lantern, "watch room" for lamps etc., |
Oil House Description: | Round iron oil house 8' outside dia. located on pierhead near W'ly corner, side of oil house 16' 4" from W'ly corner tower |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
Oil House Construction Material: | |
Oil House Capacity: | 72 5-gal cans (cases measure 12" x 12" x 14") |
Other (Describe): | Office in dwelling (former oil room) serves as storeroom for some supplies |
Suitability: |
Dwelling |
Location: | In village of Huron, about 2500' from beacon, fronts on Wall St. & lot extends from Main St. to Williams St. NE corner of lot about 600' from inner end of W Pier. |
Coloring: | White, trimmed with lead color |
Construction Materials: | Wood on stone foundation, kitchen has brick foundation. |
Number of Rooms: | 3 on 2nd floor, 3 on 1st, also kitchen, & office. A cellar under kitchen |
Number of Dwellings: | |
Heating Plant: | |
Number of Keepers: | 1 |
Furnished Quarters: | |
NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
Outhouses: | Combined privy & woodshed 12' 3" x 16' 3". tight brick vault for privy. This is a poor combination as wood shed is a bad smelling place. |
Outhouse Coloring: | White, lead colored trim. |
Paths and Walks: | Cement walk from Wall St. to front entrance around to side entrance 4' cement walk on whole of Wll St. frontage - 218.7 lin. ft. & on whole of Main St. frontage - 137.3 lin. ft. |
Area Inclosed: | All inclosed with good board fence, 4 boards & cap board, painted white. |
Area of Garden: | None |
Area Timber or Shrubbery: | 41 fruit & shade trees |
Cultivation Area Available: | Soil is rather sandy & W'ly portion of lot, which is available, is too low & wet. |
Area Cultivated: | None |
Character of Surroundings: | Underlying stratus of country are of very heavy clay, red & heavy blue. Surface is a sandy clay loam. |
Stove, Maker: | |
Stove, Size: | |
Sink, Maker: | |
Sink, Size: | |
Pump, Maker: | Gould |
Pump, Size: | |
Lamps: |
Water |
How Procured: | At dwelling from well & cistern |
Quality: | Good |
Quantity: | Ample |
Injury Possible: | No |
Purity Precaution: | Rain water discharge directly into cistern from roof. |
Tank Capacity: | In cellar - 6' 10" x 6' 10" x 4' 5" = 1543 gal. |
Tank Material: | Brick - in good condition |
Distilling Apparatus: | False |
Distilling Manufacturer: | |
Well Description: | 16' |
Well Diameter: | 3' |
Well Lining: | Bricked up |
Pump or Bucket: | Iron pumps for cistern & well |
What Power Used: | |
Distance from Dwelling: | Cistern under kitchen, well 14.5' N from NE corner of kitchen |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | In the early days the country was full of feces and ague. It is now healthy |
Diseases: | |
Prevalency: | |
Local Causes: | |
Recommended Improvements: | Cellar was very wet at some seasons until a 6" tile drain was placed a few years ago, leading from bottom of cellar N to Wall St. thence thru Wall St. & across Main St. discharging into Huron River. |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | Beacon stands on outer end of W Pier, is reached by walking from dwelling on shore. |
Distance and Direction: | |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | Drainage from kitchen sink discharges thru 4" vit. tile drain leading 53' S'ly from SE corner of house, into brick leeching cesspool, 6' dia., 2' 6" depp, below inlet, total depth below river, 5', brick arched with cement slab to cover 15" cir. opening. |