Report for New Dungeness (Washington) - 1882
| General |
| District: | 13th |
| Inspector: | Chas. F. Powell, Capt of Engineers |
| Location: | On outer end of the sand spit of that name, in the Straits of Fuca, Washington Territory. |
| Date of Report: | 07/05/1882 |
| Latitude: | 48° 10' 52" |
| Longitude: | 123° 06' 31" |
| Premises |
| Site: | |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 186.25 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Character of Soil: | Sand & gravel |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | About 400' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Keeper's dwelling is enclosed with a picket fence embracing a small area, of about 1/4 acre also about 10 acres enclosed with a rail fence. |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | No wharf - there is good beach landing for a row boat, about 500' from Keeper's dwelling. |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | Tramway runs from tower to boat landing. |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By mail steamer from Port Townsend twice a week. |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | 5 miles to village of New Dungeness, which is the nearest Steamboat landing. |
| Distance to Post Office: | 3.5 miles |
| Distance to Village: | 3.5 miles |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | From Port Townsend by steamer twice a week |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | Only practicable way to reach station is by steamer from Port Townsend, which is a prominent steamboat landing. |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
| First Built or Established: | 1857 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | Repaired & renovated in 1872 |
| Condition at This Date: | Very fair |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Circular |
| Form of Tower: | |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 89' |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 100' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Dark - a thick fir forest |
| Color of Tower: | Upper part of tower painted black, lower part white. |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Upper part of tower painted with coal tar, lower part is whitewashed. |
| Tower Connection: | Tower rises from roof of keeper's dwelling |
| Object of Navigation: | Seacoast & for general navigating purposes. |
| Building Materials: | Brick |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | 5' 4" |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 2' 5" |
| Diameter at Base: | 17' 6" |
| Diameter at Parapet: | 11' 8" |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Wooden stairway & steps |
| Number of Landings: | 5 |
| Size of Glass: | 8" x 12" |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 4 windows, size of sash 4' 6" x 2' 4" |
| Number of Doors: | 2 |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Stone foundation 5' below surface, resting on hard sand & gravel. |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Sand & gravel |
| Soil Susceptibility: | Partially by grass |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Tower is a plain substantial structure of brick, without any projecting cornice at top. It is at present time in fair condition. Site is on end of a sand spit which is 5 miles long & avg'ing in width about 100' & about 3' above high water. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 3rd |
| Shape of Lantern: | |
| Diameter to Glass: | |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | 10 |
| Type of Bars: | |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 5' 3" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 2 |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | 2 |
| Thickness of Plates: | 1/4" |
| Size of Plates: | Each plate is 2' 7.5" high x 2' 6" wide |
| Number of Storm Panes: | 2 |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Iron with brick parapet |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Cast iron |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron |
| Lightning Spindle: | Copper |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | 1/2" round copper rod, attached to spindle by loop formed in end of rod. Led down side of tower & dwelling into ground to moist earth 5' below surface. |
| Balustrade: | Iron |
| Lantern Doors: | Trap door in lantern floor |
| Floor of Lantern: | Brick covered with cement mortar. |
| Watchroom Doors: | No watchroom in tower. |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | In parapet wall |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | Iron ladder |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Screwed into upper part of lantern |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | Living room used as watchroom. |
| How is Relief Called: | |
| Where is Call System Led: |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | |
| Year Made: | |
| Marks and Number: | |
| Order of Apparatus: | 3rd |
| Inside Diameter: | |
| Light Characteristic: | |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | Fixed - entire horizon illuminated. |
| Number of Panels: | 5 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 6 |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 6 |
| 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: | Iron |
| 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: | |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | Funks hydraulic lamp, 2 wicks |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 3 |
| Candle Power: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | No closets in tower |
| Oil House Description: | Cellar, placed under dwelling, fitted with wooden stands on which oil butts rests. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
| Oil House Construction Material: | |
| Oil House Capacity: | |
| Other (Describe): | Storeroom & pantry fitted up in an attached bldg, fitted w/ shelves & used for storage of provisions, etc., In the kitchen is a closet for dishes & used as such. Closets in bedrooms used for clothing. Storeroom in upper hall, fitted w/ shelves & lockers. |
| Suitability: | Dry & suited for purposes designed. |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | 12" steam whistle |
| Time to Start: | |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| Year of Manufacture: | |
| Characteristic: | Gives a blast of 6 sec & 3 sec at intervals of 12 & 39 sec. |
| Duplication: | |
| Timing Device: | |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | |
| Height Above Water: | |
| Compass Direction: | |
| Location: | 430' NE from keeper's dwelling. Spit extending as it does, 5 miles into Straits, makes it dangerous point in thick weather. |
| Distance and Direction: | 430' |
| Water Supply: | Water for fog signal caught from roof of shed constructed for purpose having an area of 6504'. Water stored in 2 brick cisterns, 1 is 18' dia x 8' 9" deep cap'y = 16700 gals, 1 is 27' 6" dia. x 7' 3" deep cap'y = 19,751 gals. Total cap'y = 36, 451 gals |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | Plank walk connects it with lighthouse |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | Bldg is a 1-story frame - roof shingled - divided into 4 rooms. Boiler room is 26' x 16'; 2 fuel rooms 20' x 16'; 1 storeroom 16' x 10' |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | Tower rises from roof of keeper's dwelling |
| Coloring: | |
| Construction Materials: | Stone |
| Number of Rooms: | 8 |
| Number of Dwellings: | 1 |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | 3 |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Woodhouse, barn, privy |
| Outhouse Coloring: | |
| Paths and Walks: | Plank walks around dwelling & to Fog signal & to boat house. |
| Area Inclosed: | Lighthouse is enclosed with a picket fence embracing an area of about 1/4 acre. 10 acres enclosed with a rail fence. |
| Area of Garden: | No garden |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | None |
| Cultivation Area Available: | None |
| Area Cultivated: | None |
| Character of Surroundings: | Loose sand & gravel. Rough coarse grass grows sparsely - enough to keep sands from shifting by wind. |
| Stove, Maker: | |
| Stove, Size: | |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | |
| Pump, Maker: | Derring #2, closed; Douglas #2, closed; Goulds Mfg. Co., #4 face. |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | From roof of Keeper's dwelling. Stored in brick cisterns |
| Quality: | Good |
| Quantity: | Ample all year round |
| Injury Possible: | Not liable |
| Purity Precaution: | Cisterns are emptied once in 2 years & washed out clean. |
| Tank Capacity: | 3 brick cisterns, cap'y 17, 835 gals placed near lighthouse, 2 on N side (9' dia x 7' 6" & 6' dia x 7' 6" deep), 1 on W side (17' dia. x 7' 6" deep). |
| Tank Material: | Made of brick laid in cement mortar & inside plastered with cement mortar. Tops of cisterns have wooden coverings. |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | From cisterns via pump |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: | About 20' from dwelling |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | That it is good |
| Diseases: | |
| Prevalency: | |
| Local Causes: | |
| Recommended Improvements: |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Good boat landing on beach at boat house, about 600' from keeper's dwelling. No wharf. Boat house placed near beach, supplied with geared winch, tramway & an iron car for boat. |
| Distance and Direction: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Water for drinking & domestic purposes, stored in brick cisterns. |
| Tools And Accessories |
| Lantern Curtains: | 2 sets |
| Lens Covers: | 2 |
| Damper Tube and Key: | 2 |
| Spare Damper and Key: | 1 |
| Carillon for Overflow Pump: | None |
| Time Marker: | |
| Gauge: | |
| Spare Lamp Ready for Use: | 1 |
| Rod Lamp Ready for Use: | 1 |
| Curtain Hanger: | None req'd |
| Heater: | Not req'd |
| Spare Lamp Cover: | |
| Lamp Stand: | |
| Mechanical Lamp Cords: | |
| Revolving Machinery Cords: | |
| Revolving Machinery Weights: | |
| Clutch: | |
| Spare Fly Or Governor: | |
| Gauge for Oil Cistern: | Glass gauge tube w/ graduated scale. |
| Feather Brushes: | 2 |
| Linen Towels: | 10 |
| Sponges: | 3 |
| Chamois Skins: | 2 |
| Scissors: | 2 pair straight; 2 pair curved |
| Chimney Filters: | 1 |
| Coupling Pliers: | 1 |
| Service Box and Implements: | 1 |
| Cleaning Materials: | Whiting, rotten stone, rouge, spirits of wine |
| Keepers Aprons: | 6 |
| Wicks: |