Report for Munising Front Range Light Station (Michigan) - 1909
General |
District: | 9th |
Inspector: | Ralph R. Tinkham |
Location: | Both towers situated in west side of town of Munising, Mich. S'ly shore of Lake Superior. |
Date of Report: | 07/05/1909 |
Latitude: | 46° 24' 54.4" |
Longitude: | 86° 39' 39.9" |
Premises |
Site: | Purchase. Lots 16 & 17, Block 1, Home addion. |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | 11/18/1907 |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | |
Area Inclosed: | To be inclosed in the season of 1909. |
Character of Soil: | Shifting sand. |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 450' to shore of harbor. |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Season of 1909, an ornamental iron fence is to be erected around the lot containing the tower, oilhouse & dwelling. |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | None. |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | None. |
Means to Reach Light Station: | By railroad or boat to town of Munising, in which the station is situated. |
Distance to Nearest Road: | Situated in the town of Munising, Mich. |
Distance to Post Office: | Situated in the town of Munising, Mich. |
Distance to Village: | Situated in the town of Munising, Mich. |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None. |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | Reached by rig or dray from any part of town. |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
Number of Separate Lights: | 2 |
First Built or Established: | 1908. |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
Condition at This Date: | Excellent. |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Circular. |
Form of Tower: | Conical. |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 54.5 feet |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 79 feet |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Wooded bluff. |
Color of Tower: | White with black lantern. |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint. |
Tower Connection: | Detached. |
Object of Navigation: | Guide to the E'ly channel entrance to Grand Island Harbor. |
Building Materials: | 5/16" steel plates, utt jointed & riveted with 6 vertical columns, inside of angles tied by 4 circular bands of steel plate. |
General Description: | Tower is 50' E'ly from rear door of dwelling. |
Wall Thickness at Base: | 5/16" steel plate. |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 5/16" steel plate. |
Diameter at Base: | 12' 0" |
Diameter at Parapet: | 8' 0" |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Circular winding, of cast iron. Pipe handrail |
Number of Landings: | 1 at top forming watchroom. |
Size of Glass: | 12" x 18" |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 6 1 lite casement, 16" x 23" sash. |
Number of Doors: | 1 entrance door of steel plate with brass fittings. |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Concrete 5' below surface. |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Shifting sand. |
Soil Susceptibility: | The lot is to be graded & sooded, season of 1909. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | 4th |
Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal. |
Diameter to Glass: | 7' 0.75" |
Diameter in the Clear: | 6' 6.25" |
Number of Sides: | 8 |
Type of Bars: | Vertical. |
Thickness of Bars: | |
Height Glazed: | 2' 11-3/8" |
Number of Plates in Height: | 1 |
Number of Plates Each Side: | 1 |
Thickness of Plates: | 5/16" |
Size of Plates: | 32.5" x 35.75" |
Number of Storm Panes: | None. |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | 5, each 45 degrees (225 degrees) |
What Bearings: | Between 103 deg. 04' & 328 deg. 04' N=0 deg. |
Construction Material Lantern: | Dast iron, parapet lined with sheet iron. |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Pyramidal cast iron, zinc lined. |
Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron. |
Lightning Spindle: | Brass with platinum tip. |
Description of Lightning Rod: | None. |
Balustrade: | Circular gallery, cast iron in 4 plates is extension of lantern floor. Balustrade if 3 1/2" x 2.5" flats, 5/8" round vert. 1.25" stanchions with Cast Iron ball tops. |
Lantern Doors: | 2-fold cast iron door in parapet, lined with sheet iron & fitted with brass hinges & bolt. |
Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron in 4 flanged plates extended to form circular gallery outside lantern. |
Watchroom Doors: | Iron plate trap door in floor of lantern with hand hole lift. |
Parapet Diameter: | 6' 7.75" |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | 4 in parapet, brass register valves inside, cast iron hoods outside. |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None. |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Brass hooks screwed to soffit. |
Watchroom |
How is Watchroom Fitted: | The 1/4 landing of cast iron at top of stairs to beneath lantern serves as a watchroom. 3 windows, fitted with locker & shelves. Cylindrical, lined with vertoca; wood ceiling. |
How is Relief Called: | |
Where is Call System Led: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | Adams & Westlake |
Year Made: | 1908 |
Marks and Number: | No. 1065 - 23" |
Order of Apparatus: | Reflector |
Inside Diameter: | |
Light Characteristic: | Fixed red. |
Time of Revolution: | |
Flash Interval: | |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
Number of Panels: | |
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: | A light rectangular frame work of wood 4' 3" high in front of fower. |
Service Table: | None. |
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: | Ruby glass front io the headlight. |
Red Sectors Description: | |
Where Color Attached: | To illuminating apparatus. |
Form of Colored Glass: | |
Lamp Description: | Funk Heap |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
Number of Spare Burners: | 1 |
Candle Power: |
Vapor Oil Lamp |
Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 |
Diameter of Outside Wick: | 1.25" |
Diameter of Mantel: | |
Diameter of Circum Circle: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | Locker with shelves to keep cleaning supplies, etc. |
Oil House Description: | 25' E'ly of tower. wood shelving |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | 6' 6" x 8' 8" |
Oil House Construction Material: | Vit. brick, metal-slate roof. Concrete floor and ceiling. |
Oil House Capacity: | 50 5 gal. cans (250 gals.) |
Other (Describe): | 4 closets 2nd floor of dwelling, 1 closet & pantry, 1st floor. |
Suitability: | Dry & Suitable. |
Fog Signal General |
Fog Signal Kind: | No fog signal. |
Time to Start: | |
How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
Manufacturer: | |
Year of Manufacture: | |
Characteristic: | |
Duplication: | |
Timing Device: | |
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | |
Height Above Water: | |
Compass Direction: | |
Location: | |
Distance and Direction: | |
Water Supply: | |
Reached from Lighthouse: | |
Description of Fog Signal Building: | |
Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
Dwelling |
Location: | 50' W'ly of tower |
Coloring: | Natural red brick with cement gables & red roof. |
Construction Materials: | Main walls of brick on concrete foundation walls below grade. gables of cement beam work, roof metal slates, sills, lintels & water table of cut stone. |
Number of Rooms: | 7 rooms, hall 1st & 2nd floors, 5 closets, pantry & cellar under house. |
Number of Dwellings: | 1 |
Heating Plant: | |
Number of Keepers: | 1 keeper and family. |
Furnished Quarters: | |
NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
Outhouses: | Oilhouse only. |
Outhouse Coloring: | Natural red vitrified brick. |
Paths and Walks: | Concrete walks to be built 1909 season. |
Area Inclosed: | Fence to be instaled 1909 season. |
Area of Garden: | None. |
Area Timber or Shrubbery: | None. |
Cultivation Area Available: | None. |
Area Cultivated: | None. |
Character of Surroundings: | Site is shifting sand. |
Stove, Maker: | |
Stove, Size: | |
Sink, Maker: | |
Sink, Size: | |
Pump, Maker: | |
Pump, Size: | |
Lamps: |
Water |
How Procured: | From the city water mains. Dwelling is completely fitted with plumbing for kitchen, heater & bathroom, lavatory & WC. |
Quality: | Good. |
Quantity: | Ample. |
Injury Possible: | No. |
Purity Precaution: | A porous brick filter in one corner of the cistern. |
Tank Capacity: | 1600 gals. in cellar of dwelling |
Tank Material: | Brick with arch brick top. |
Distilling Apparatus: | False |
Distilling Manufacturer: | |
Well Description: | No well. |
Well Diameter: | |
Well Lining: | |
Pump or Bucket: | |
What Power Used: | |
Distance from Dwelling: |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Good. |
Diseases: | None. |
Prevalency: | None. |
Local Causes: | No. |
Recommended Improvements: | None necessary. Premises connected with city sewer. |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | No landing. |
Distance and Direction: | |
Miscellaneous Remarks: |