Report for Mobile Ship Channel - MGA Light (Alabama) - 1910

General
District: 8th
Inspector: Major H. Jervey, Corps of Engineers
Location: In water in Mobile Bay, AL., in line with the Mobile Channel Lights on E'ly side of dredged channel & about midway btwn Middle Ground Light & light No. 2
Date of Report: 04/01/1910
Latitude: 30° 16' 17"
Longitude: 88° 02' 08"
Premises
Site: Submarine
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Means to Reach Light Station: By boat
Distance to Nearest Road: Steamboat Landing, Fort Morgan, AL, 2 3/4 miles.
Distance to Post Office: Fort Morgan, AL, 2 3/4 miles.
Distance to Village: Fort Morgan, AL, 2 3/4 miles.
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance: By boat from Fort Morgan, AL, 2 3/4 miles.
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Wooden beacon
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1902
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: 1907
Condition at This Date: Excellent
Shape of Tower in Plan: Square
Form of Tower: Pyramidal
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Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 34'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Sky
Color of Tower: Red
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
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Object of Navigation: Harbor
Building Materials: Wood
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Size of Glass: 10" x 16"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 3; 2.5' x 2.5', 4 lights
Number of Doors: 1
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: Sand & mud - 9 iron cased wooden piers driven 16' into bottom.
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Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 1 day lens lantern
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Illuminating Apparatus
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Name of Maker: General Depot
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Order of Apparatus: Lens lantern
Inside Diameter: 11 15/16"
Light Characteristic: Fixed red
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Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
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Compressed Gas
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How Supply Renewed: Refilling carbide holder.
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Gas Generator
Generator Description: Circular tank with bell seal & carbide holder mounted on top with dryer & service pipe on top of generator tank & to side of gasometer.
Generator Manufacturer: JB Colt Co., NY
Generator Date: Orig. 1901
Maximum Capacity Per Hour: 30 cu. ft.


Gas Light
Gas Light Kind: Acetylene gas
Gas Light Number of Burners: 1
Kind of Burner: Bray Elta
Candlepower Per Burner: 25
Total Candlepower:
Consumption Gas Burner Per Hour: 1/2 cu. ft.
Total Consumption Per Hour: 1/2 cu. ft.
How Gas Obtained: By carbide feed to water
Dwelling
Location: Keeper (who also attends remaining Mobile Ship Channel Lights) resides at Battery Gladdin LS, 25 miles N
Coloring: White, green blinds
Construction Materials: Wood, iron pile foundation
Number of Rooms: 6
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Number of Keepers: 1 keeper, 1 asst.
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Outhouses: Carbide house, boathouse, chicken house & water closet.
Outhouse Coloring: White
Paths and Walks: None
Area Inclosed: Dwelling on island
Area of Garden: None
Area Timber or Shrubbery: None
Cultivation Area Available: None
Area Cultivated: None
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Water
How Procured: By rain
Quality: Excellent
Quantity: Ample
Injury Possible: No
Purity Precaution: Cisterns screened
Tank Capacity: 2 - 800 gal on platform under dwelling.
Tank Material: Cypress
Distilling Apparatus: False
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