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

General
District: 5th
Inspector: F. C. Arthur, Supt.
Location: Fort Macon left tangent, 237 degrees true (SW x W 3/8 W mag.); Shark Shoal Light, 273.5 degrees true (W 5/8 N mag); Tower, Beaufort, 360 degrees true (N 5/16 E mag.)
Date of Report: 04/12/1911
Latitude: 34° 42' 12" N
Longitude: 76° 50' 00" W
Premises
Site: Submarine
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Means to Reach Light Station: By boat, 2 miles
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Means Used for Support of Lantern: 3 pile horizontally slatted structure, surmounted by pole & ladder
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: Built about April 10, 1911; To be established May 5, 1911
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Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 28'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Low timber land
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: No dwelling
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 degrees
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Unglazed Side of Lantern: 270 degrees
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Closets and Store Rooms
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Oil House Description: Old bldg on wharf at Beaufort, NC
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Oil House Construction Material: Wood
Oil House Capacity: 500 5-gal cans.
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Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Can be reached by boat from Beaufort
Distance and Direction: 2 miles.
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