Report for Nansemond River (Virginia)

General
District: 5th
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Location:
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Latitude: 36° 54' 53"
Longitude: 76° 26' 40"
Premises
Site: Screwpile house - On shoal E'ly side of entrance to Nansemond River, 1/2 mile N'ly of Pig Pt.
Date of Reservation:
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Wharf or Landing on Premises:
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: By boat
Distance to Nearest Road: About 4 miles, Newport News.
Distance to Post Office: About 4 miles, Churchland, or Norfolk, VA.
Distance to Village: 4 miles Newport News.
Facilities for Public Conveyance: None
Facilities for Private Conveyance: By sail boat
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Lantern in dwelling
Number of Separate Lights: One
First Built or Established: 1878
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
Condition at This Date: Good
Shape of Tower in Plan: Hexagonal
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 36'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Sky
Color of Tower: White, roof brown
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Screwpile structure
Object of Navigation: Local
Building Materials: Superstructure wood, substructure iron
General Description:
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Number of Landings:
Size of Glass: 10" x 18"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 2 - sash 25" x 22"
Number of Doors: 12
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: Screwpile foundation
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
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Miscellaneous Remarks: Windows in dwelling - 7 - sash 31" x 35", glass 10" x 12.5"; glass on doors 12" x 17.5"
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 6th
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal
Diameter to Glass: 7'
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 8
Type of Bars: Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 36"
Number of Plates in Height: One
Number of Plates Each Side: One
Thickness of Plates: 3/8"
Size of Plates: 36" x 28.5"
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Unglazed Side of Lantern: All glazed
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Iron
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Copper
Ventilator / Cowl: Copper
Lightning Spindle: Copper platinum point
Description of Lightning Rod: Copper fastened to lantern & led down roof & side of house & fastened to piles by set screw.
Balustrade: Wood
Lantern Doors: Hung on outside of parapet of lantern by hinges.
Floor of Lantern: Wood
Watchroom Doors:
Parapet Diameter: 7'
Ventilators
Location / Number: In lower part of lantern
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: Small step ladder
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Screwed into corners of lantern
Illuminating Apparatus
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Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
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Pedestal: Iron
Service Table: Wood
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How Color is Produced: Ruby chimney
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Lamp Description: 6th order, 1 wick
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Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use:
Oil House Description: Oil placed in upper room on stand covered with zinc.
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Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Stevens fog bell machine
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Characteristic: Single blow every 7 seconds.
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Dwelling
Location: Lantern on dwelling
Coloring: White
Construction Materials: Wood
Number of Rooms: 6
Number of Dwellings:
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: 1 keeper & 1 asst.
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Water
How Procured: From roof
Quality: Good
Quantity: Ample
Injury Possible: No
Purity Precaution: Strainers in gutters & downspouts
Tank Capacity: 900 gal
Tank Material: Tanks, iron
Distilling Apparatus: False
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Healthfulness
General Opinion: Good
Diseases: Not known
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