Report for Bird Island Range Front Light (North Carolina) - 1911

General
District: 5th
Inspector: F. C. Arthur, Supt.
Location: Fort Macon left tangent, 259 1/4 degrees true (W 9/16 S mag.); Shark Shoal Light, 307.5 degrees true (NW 3/8 W mag); Tower, Beaufort, 6 1/3 degrees true (N 7/8 E mag.)
Date of Report: 04/12/1911
Latitude: 34° 40' 50" N
Longitude: 76° 00' 00" W
Premises
Site: Submarine
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Means to Reach Light Station: By boat, 1 3/4 miles
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Means Used for Support of Lantern: 3 pile horizontally slatted structure.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: Built about April 10, 1911; To be established May 5, 1911
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
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Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 13'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Low timber land
Color of Tower: Red
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection:
Object of Navigation: Range for navigating inner end of dredged channel
Building Materials: Wood
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Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: White, 5-day, 90 degree lens lantern
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Unglazed Side of Lantern: 270 degrees
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Illuminating Apparatus
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Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
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How Color is Produced: Ruby chimney
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Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Can be reached from Beaufort by boat.
Distance and Direction: 1 3/4 miles
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