Report for Huron Island (Michigan) - 1912
| General |
| District: | 9th |
| Inspector: | R. R. Tinkham |
| Location: | N'ly side of West Huron Island, Mich., off the E'd from entrance to Huron Bay, S'ly side Lake Superior. |
| Date of Report: | 09/12/1912 |
| Latitude: | 46° 57' 48" |
| Longitude: | 87° 59' 55" |
| Premises |
| Site: | All of West Hurron Island, Lake Superior |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | 01/03/1866 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 42.15 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | None |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 200 feet |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | 2 concrete, 1 at boathouse & 1 at fog signal |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By boat |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | |
| Distance to Post Office: | 12 miles to Skanee |
| Distance to Village: | 35 miles to Houghton & 45 miles to Marquette |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | Nearest RR Station is Lanse, 30 miles |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Square tower |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
| First Built or Established: | 1882 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | 1882 |
| Condition at This Date: | |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square |
| Form of Tower: | 34 foot tower to focal plane |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 197 feet |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Clear sky. |
| Color of Tower: | Gray |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Natural gray granite |
| Tower Connection: | Attached to front of dwelling |
| Object of Navigation: | Lake coast light |
| Building Materials: | Gray granite |
| General Description: | Situated on highest point of a precipitous granite island, covered on top with scrub trees & brush. |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
| Diameter at Base: | |
| Diameter at Parapet: | |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Spiral cast iron |
| Number of Landings: | |
| Size of Glass: | 10" x 14" |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 3, 2 single 2' 10.5" x 2' 8.75" & 1 double, 2' 10.5" x 5' 2.25" |
| Number of Doors: | 1 outside, 1 into house, 2' 4" x 6' 2.5" |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | S |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 4th |
| Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
| Diameter to Glass: | |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | 10 |
| Type of Bars: | Vertical |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 39.25" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 1 |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | 1 |
| Thickness of Plates: | |
| Size of Plates: | 39.75" x 27.5" |
| Number of Storm Panes: | None |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron with wood parapet lining. |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Cast iron plates lined with zinc. |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron. |
| Lightning Spindle: | Brass with platinum tip. |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | 2 hor. wrought iron bars, wrough iron rods & pipe stansions. |
| Lantern Doors: | 1 leaf cast iron in parapet. Brass bolt & hinges |
| Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron plates |
| Watchroom Doors: | Wrought iron plate trap door with hand hole. |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | 5 in parapet, brass valve |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | 1 of wrought iron |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Brass fitted to soffit. |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | None |
| How is Relief Called: | |
| Where is Call System Led: |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | 860 |
| Name of Maker: | Henry La Paute |
| Year Made: | Unknown |
| Marks and Number: | None |
| Order of Apparatus: | 3.5 order |
| Inside Diameter: | 27-3/8" |
| Light Characteristic: | |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | 4 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | None |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 6 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 8 |
| 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, bell top, 39.5" to top, 23.25" top diameter |
| Service Table: | |
| Draft Tube Description: | Russia iron, 3" diameter, leads from top of lens to ventilator ball. |
| 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: | Yes, Cast iron, 28" diameter cone. |
| How Color is Produced: | |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | 3rd order plunger |
| Type of Illuminant: | Oil fuel |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 3 |
| Candle Power: |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 2 |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | 1-13/16" |
| Diameter of Mantel: | |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | None |
| Oil House Description: | 100' S'ly from tower, racks for oil butts (cans) |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 7' 2" x 5' 2" |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Common brick with tin roof |
| Oil House Capacity: | 72, 5 gallon cans |
| Other (Describe): | 2 clothes closets, 1 lamp supply closet, 1 lamp room, 1 store room. All in dwelling. |
| Suitability: | Dry & suitable |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | Steam whistle |
| Time to Start: | 40 minutes |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | No air |
| Manufacturer: | |
| Year of Manufacture: | |
| Characteristic: | 8 sec. blast, 52 sec silent, 8 sec. blast, 52 sec. silent. |
| Duplication: | All parts. |
| Timing Device: | Spur & worm gear operating cam. |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | 75 lbs. |
| Height Above Water: | 80 feet |
| Compass Direction: | |
| Location: | 1800' NW'ly of lighthouse, 2100' by path. |
| Distance and Direction: | 1800 feet, 310 degrees |
| Water Supply: | Direct from lake or from storage tank & cistern. |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | By rough path with some stairs. |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | Common brick, 22' 4" x 40' 0" plan, 12' to plates, 1/2 pitch hip roof with Eastlake metal shingles. Ceiling covered with #26 smooth iron plate. Floor concrete. Brick chimmey. Old shite wood fog signal bldg. used as storehouse. |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: | 75 lbs. |
| Steam Signal |
| Steam Boiler: | Open bottom marine |
| Kind: | |
| Tube: | |
| Dimensions: | |
| Length: | 6' 6.75" |
| Diameter: | 4' 9.75" |
| Tube Description: | |
| Steam Tube Diameter: | |
| Steam Furnace Kind: | |
| Furnace Length: | |
| Furnace Width: | |
| Furnace Height: | |
| Steam Heat Surface: | |
| Steam Grate Surface: | |
| Number of Grate Bars: | |
| Kind of Grate Bars: | |
| Steam Fuel: | |
| Steam Safety Valve: | |
| Steam Maximum Pressure: | |
| Steam Working Pressure: | |
| Steam Diameter of Smokestack: | |
| Smokestack Height: | |
| Drum Dimension: | |
| Steam Drum Diameter: | |
| Steam Covering: | |
| Steam Boiler Condition: | |
| Steam Boiler Built: | 1898 |
| Where Built: | Detroit |
| Manufacturer: | John Breman & Co. , Detroit |
| Steam Heater: | False |
| Kind: | |
| Size: | |
| Heater Time Affect: | |
| Steam Engine Kind: | Vertical |
| Steam Engine Revolutions: | 120 |
| Steam Engine Cyl. Diameter: | 4" |
| Steam Engine Piston Stroke: | 9" |
| Steam Engine Pipe Size: | |
| Steam Engine When Built: | 1898 |
| Steam Engine Where Built: | |
| Manufacturer: | Fulton Iron & Engine Works, |
| Whistle Signal |
| Whistle Diameter: | 10" |
| Whistle Height: | 18" |
| Whistle Orifice: | 2-3/8" to 2-11/16" |
| Whistle Tone: | Single |
| Whistle Chime: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | Attached to S'ly side |
| Coloring: | Natural gray granite |
| Construction Materials: | Granite, irregular cut blocks |
| Number of Rooms: | 6 with 3 closets, 1 storeroom & cellar. |
| Number of Dwellings: | 1 |
| Heating Plant: | Garland 16F, Michigan Stove Co. Detroit |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 keeper & 2 Assistants |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Battened board wood shed, common brick privy & oil house. |
| Outhouse Coloring: | Wood shed whitewashed, others natural brick. |
| Paths and Walks: | Paths to fog signal & boathouse with a number of elvated wood walks & steps, to be replaced with concrete. |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | None |
| Area Cultivated: | None |
| Character of Surroundings: | Granite bed rock, rough & broken. |
| Stove, Maker: | Garland Junior, Michigan Stove Co. Detroit |
| Stove, Size: | No. 9-8-C |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | |
| Pump, Maker: | |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: | 2 tubular, 4 hand, 3 lanterns |
| Water |
| How Procured: | Carrying in pails from boathouse-difficult climb. Proposed to erect a bucket hoist at dwelling. Fog signal supply pumped from lake, or in Spring & Fall from a cistern. |
| Quality: | Excellent. |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | No |
| Purity Precaution: | Bood cistern under dwelling cleanned annually. |
| Tank Capacity: | Fog signal tank, 600 gals, cisterns 1600 gas. |
| Tank Material: | Dwelling cistern blasted from rock & brick lined. same for fog signal cistern. |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Excellent |
| Diseases: | None |
| Prevalency: | |
| Local Causes: | |
| Recommended Improvements: |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | 2 of concrete, 1 at boathouse, 1 at fog signal |
| Distance and Direction: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Boats |
| Boat Number: | 1 |
| Type: | Row boat |
| Length: | 5.5' |
| Width: | 18' |
| When Built: | |
| Date Harbored at Station: | |
| Sails: | True |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |