Report for Maumee Bay Straight Channel Range Westerly Front (lower) Inner Beacon (Ohio) - 1909
General |
District: | 10th |
Inspector: | Chas. Bartlett, Chief Clerk and Norris Works, Supt |
Location: | On axis of Straight Channel thru Maumee Bay, 1242' S 57 degrees 45' W from Outer Beacon on inner end of artificial island. |
Date of Report: | 02/03/1909 |
Latitude: | 41° 43' 51" |
Longitude: | 83° 23' 40" |
Premises |
Site: | On artificial island or "dyke", submarine site granted by state - Ohio |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | 04/08/1883 |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | Area granted 11.9 acres, 1/2 never used. Concrete area around Inner tower = 3025 sq. ft.; area around wharf 9616 sq. ft.; Dyke = 47, 904 sq. ft.; Concrete around outer tower = 5920 sq. ft. = total 66, 465 sq. ft. = 1.52 acres. |
Area Inclosed: | |
Character of Soil: | |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Boat house, over slip, adjoining dwelling. |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
Means to Reach Light Station: | By boat |
Distance to Nearest Road: | To nearest public road about 3 miles; to Ohenry St. Bridge, Toledo, 9 mi. |
Distance to Post Office: | 9 miles - Toledo, OH. |
Distance to Village: | 9 miles - Toledo, OH. |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | By boat from Toledo |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Structural Steel Tower |
Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
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: | Above concrete deck 24' |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 25' |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Sky & bay |
Color of Tower: | Metallic brown, white lanterns & watchrooms. |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
Tower Connection: | Detached. Dwelling 65' distant |
Object of Navigation: | Middle range for navigation of Straight Channel |
Building Materials: | Structural steel towers. Cast iron watchrooms & lanterns. |
General Description: | Skeleton tower. |
Wall Thickness at Base: | |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
Diameter at Base: | 23' 11.5" cc posts |
Diameter at Parapet: | 11' 2.5" |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Steel channels, cast iron treads |
Number of Landings: | 4 intermediate |
Size of Glass: | 24" x 24" |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 3 in each watchroom - each 1 sash, 1 light 24" x 24" |
Number of Doors: | 1 outer iron & 1 inner wood in each watchroom. 1 double iron & 1 single wooden in each lantern. |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Piling at 1' MLL - Tower surrounded with stone & concrete to 6' 3" MLL |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
Soil Susceptibility: | Yes |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | There are 2 lanterns in this skeleton iron tower, each contains a square iron watchroom surmounted by an octagonal lantern. Watchrooms & lanterns are painted white. |
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"; Glass sash made to provide for double panes inner & outer, sep'd by abt 3" air space. |
Number of Storm Panes: | None |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | 1 door 45 degrees |
What Bearings: | S 35 degrees 15' W to S 80 degrees 15 ' W; Azimuth 215 - 15 to 260 - 15 |
Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Cast iron, zinc lining |
Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron |
Lightning Spindle: | Brass spindle on top of ball with platinum point. |
Description of Lightning Rod: | Iron tower, forms conductor down to 3' MLL |
Balustrade: | Iron balcony & railing, about watchrooms & lanterns |
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 in parapet, with brass revolving discs. |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Brass, screwed into iron. |
Watchroom |
How is Watchroom Fitted: | Square iron watchrooms of cast iron, painted white. Fitted with corner closet for lamps, etc., & corner shelf for work table. |
How is Relief Called: | None |
Where is Call System Led: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | Henry Le Paute & Co. Paris |
Year Made: | Unknown |
Marks and Number: | None |
Order of Apparatus: | 5th |
Inside Diameter: | 14 3/4" |
Light Characteristic: | |
Time of Revolution: | |
Flash Interval: | |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
Number of Panels: | 2 |
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, over stairs, with 3 shelves beneath |
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 |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 3 for each lantern |
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: | Corner closet in watchroom fitted with shelves for lamps, etc. |
Oil House Description: | Square iron oil house on concrete foundation, located about 30' SW of tower. |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
Oil House Construction Material: | |
Oil House Capacity: | |
Other (Describe): | None |
Suitability: |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | Access to boat in boat well is secured by means of 2 iron ladders, of 9 rounds each, from platform floor. |
Distance and Direction: | |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | For dwelling desc., see Upper beacon. |