Report for Maumee Bay Straight Channel Range Easterly Front and Westerly Rear Outer Beacon (Ohio) - 1909
General |
District: | 10th |
Inspector: | Chas. Bartlett, Chief Clerk and Norris Works, Supt |
Location: | On axis of Straight Channel thru Maumee Bay, at about midway of its length on outer end of artificial island, 1500' long, 1242' from other tower. |
Date of Report: | 02/03/1909 |
Latitude: | 41° 43' 57" |
Longitude: | 83° 23' 26" |
Premises |
Site: | On artificial island, in navigable waters of the US. |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | About 5920 sq. ft. of concrete area about beacon. |
Area Inclosed: | |
Character of Soil: | |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
Means to Reach Light Station: | From Inner Tower: by walking along dyke connecting 2 towers. |
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: | Skeleton Iron tower |
Number of Separate Lights: | One |
First Built or Established: | 1884 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | 1898 |
Condition at This Date: | Good |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square |
Form of Tower: | Pyramidal |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 40' 9" above concrete deck |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 42' |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Sky & bay |
Color of Tower: | Metallic brown, with white watch room & lantern. |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
Tower Connection: | Detached, 1200' distant at Inner Tower |
Object of Navigation: | Range light, Maumee Bay Straight Channel |
Building Materials: | Structural steel |
General Description: | Skeleton tower |
Wall Thickness at Base: | |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
Diameter at Base: | 18' 5.5" sq. C to C legs |
Diameter at Parapet: | 11' 2.5" sq. C to C legs |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Steel channels, cast iron treads |
Number of Landings: | None |
Size of Glass: | 24" x 24" |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 3 in watchroom, each with 1 sash having 1 light 24" x 24" |
Number of Doors: | To Watchroom: iron outer door, wooden inner |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | On piles at 1' MLL tower surrounded with stones & concrete to 6' 5" MLL |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
Soil Susceptibility: | |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | End of "Dyke", connecting the 2 beacons, was removed down to 1' MLL in 1906 & replaced with a concrete superstructure up to 6' 5" MLL in 1906 & dyke connecting 2 beacons was completed the latter by US Engineers. |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | 4th |
Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
Diameter to Glass: | 7' 2" |
Diameter in the Clear: | |
Number of Sides: | 8 |
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: | 1/4" |
Size of Plates: | 34.5" x 36" |
Number of Storm Panes: | |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | 1 door = 45 degrees |
What Bearings: | N 80 degrees 15' E to S 57 degrees 45' E; Azimuth 80 - 15 to 122 - 15; Range line bears S 57 degrees 45' W |
Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Cast iron, zinc lining |
Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron |
Lightning Spindle: | Spindle on top of ball |
Description of Lightning Rod: | Structure forms conductor down to 3' MLL |
Balustrade: | Cast iron balcony & iron railings about watchroom & steel lantern. |
Lantern Doors: | Outside storm door in 2 leaves, wooden inside door |
Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron |
Watchroom Doors: | None |
Parapet Diameter: | 6' 7 1/4" |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | 7, with brass revolving discs |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | Not required |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Brass, screwed into sides of lantern |
Watchroom |
How is Watchroom Fitted: | Fitted with corner closet for lamps & corner shelf for work table. |
How is Relief Called: | |
Where is Call System Led: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | Chance Bros. & Co., Ltd. LH engineer & Construction |
Year Made: | 1891 |
Marks and Number: | Near Birmingham, Eng. |
Order of Apparatus: | 5th order - 360 degree - 5 day attachment |
Inside Diameter: | 14 3/4" |
Light Characteristic: | Fixed white |
Time of Revolution: | |
Flash Interval: | |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | 360 degrees |
Number of Panels: | 4 |
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: | Round iron |
Service Table: | Iron, with shelves underneath |
Draft Tube Description: | None |
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: | 5th order, with 5-day attachment |
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 1/4" |
Diameter of Mantel: | |
Diameter of Circum Circle: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | 1 in watchroom |
Oil House Description: | At Inner Tower |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
Oil House Construction Material: | |
Oil House Capacity: | |
Other (Describe): | |
Suitability: |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Healthful |
Diseases: | |
Prevalency: | |
Local Causes: | |
Recommended Improvements: |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | See Inner Tower |
Distance and Direction: | Walk along top of "dyke" to boat house at Inner Tower, about 1242'. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: |