Report for Mulls Dyke Upper End (New York) - 1887

General
District: 3rd
Inspector: Lieut. John Millis, Engr., 3rd Dist.
Location: About 2.5 miles N of Coeymans on the Hudson River, NY.
Date of Report: 02/03/1887
Latitude: 42° 30' 37"
Longitude: 73° 46' 12"
Premises
Site:
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: Circle 100' dia.
Area Inclosed:
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: High water line on pier.
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: Small boat.
Distance to Nearest Road: About 2.5 miles to Coeyman's Steamboat Wharf.
Distance to Post Office: 2.5 miles
Distance to Village: 2.5 miles
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance: Private conveyance from Coeymans Steamboat Wharf, 2.5 miles.
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Spar
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1884
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
Condition at This Date: Good
Shape of Tower in Plan:
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: 14'
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 27'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Land
Color of Tower: White spar
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Detached
Object of Navigation: Marks upper end of Mulls Dyke, W side.
Building Materials: Wood
General Description: A spar, 8" at bottom or butt, & 5" dia. at top 14' high (w/ arm or crane attached for hanging lantern) secured to deck by means of cleats & braces.
Wall Thickness at Base:
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Kind of Stairway and Steps:
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass:
Number of Windows and Size of Sash:
Number of Doors:
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: Foundation consists of 56 piles driven 35 to 40' so as to form a 20' square 6" above low water piles are cut off & capped. Upon this a crib 13' high having a batten of 4' on each face, is built filled with stone from the bottom.
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Sides of crib sheathed w/ 3" oak & top or deck w/ 3" pine plank. On up & downstream corners large plates of 1/2" iron are fastened, the other corners being protected by iron straps 1/2" x 3", 4 in number. Rip rap stone are placed around the outside.
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: Western River lantern
Shape of Lantern:
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Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides:
Type of Bars:
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed:
Number of Plates in Height:
Number of Plates Each Side:
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Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern:
Construction Material Roof / Cowl:
Ventilator / Cowl:
Lightning Spindle:
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade:
Lantern Doors:
Floor of Lantern:
Watchroom Doors:
Parapet Diameter:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker:
Year Made:
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: Western River lantern
Inside Diameter:
Light Characteristic: Fixed white
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
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Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum:
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum:
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum:
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:
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description:
Revolving Machinery:
Standby and Description:
Chariot Float or Balls:
Chariot Description:
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Clock Weight:
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Machinery Protection:
Regulated:
Lens Protection:
How Color is Produced: Fixed white
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: Western River lantern
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps: 1
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use:
Oil House Description:
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity: 25 5-gal oil cans
Other (Describe):
Suitability:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse:
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: In good condition.