Report for Old Plantation Flats Light Station (Virginia) - 1927

General
District: 5th
Inspector: Vinson
Location: Chesapeake Bay, Va.
Date of Report: 06/04/1927
Latitude: 37° 13' 44"
Longitude: 76° 02' 50"
Premises
Site: A marine site containing 5 acres. This property was conveyed by the Governor of Va. to the US.
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 03/20/1886
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 5 acres
Area Inclosed:
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark:
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: Cape Charles City, Va. 3 miles.
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office:
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Lantern on house.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established:
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: Dec. 1923.
Condition at This Date:
Shape of Tower in Plan:
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 39 feet.
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Sky & woods.
Color of Tower: Piles & roof, brown,. house white, lantern black.
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint.
Tower Connection:
Object of Navigation: Dredged channel.
Building Materials:
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Wood.
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass:
Number of Windows and Size of Sash:
Number of Doors:
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 4th order.
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal
Diameter to Glass:
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 8
Type of Bars: Vertical.
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 36.5"
Number of Plates in Height: 1
Number of Plates Each Side: 1
Thickness of Plates: 1/4"
Size of Plates: 36.5" x 34"
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern: None.
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Wood, iron & copper.
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Copper.
Ventilator / Cowl: Copper.
Lightning Spindle: Copper
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade: Wood.
Lantern Doors: 1 wood on hinges.
Floor of Lantern: Wood.
Watchroom Doors:
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: In lower part of lantern.
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: None.
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Screw thread.


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: Below lantern contains bell machine, oil tanks.
How is Relief Called:
Where is Call System Led: Bell on thermostat for light.
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 2900 shite, 870 red cp
Name of Maker: None
Year Made: Unknown
Marks and Number: None
Order of Apparatus: 4th
Inside Diameter: 19.5"
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 3
Number of Flash Panels: None.
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 5
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 5
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 3
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: Cast iron pedestal on wood block.
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description:
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 glass.
Red Sectors Description: 343 degrees to 220 degrees.
Where Color Attached: To lantern.
Form of Colored Glass: Rectangular.
Lamp Description: 4th order
Type of Illuminant: Kerosene.
Number of Spare Lamps: 1 spare
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power:


Vapor Oil Lamp
Number of Wicks or Mantels: 1 mantel
Diameter of Outside Wick:
Diameter of Mantel: 35 mm
Diameter of Circum Circle:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: None in lantern
Oil House Description: Tanks under house.
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe): 3 closets on 1st floor, 2 on 2nd floor.
Suitability: Dry
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Daboll trumpet
Time to Start: 1 minute.
How Long Will Pressure Last: 30 seconds.
Manufacturer:
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic: 3 sec. blast, 7 sec. silent, 3 sec. blast, 7 sec. silent; 1 stroke, 15 sec. silent, 1 stroke, 15 sec. silent.
Duplication: None.
Timing Device: Worm gear & cam.
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: 9 lbs.
Height Above Water: 23 feet.
Compass Direction: SW
Location: About 100 yards from channel.
Distance and Direction: North west side.
Water Supply: Roof & tanks.
Reached from Lighthouse:
Description of Fog Signal Building: Located on 1st floor in south corner.
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Bell Signal
Weight: About 1000 lbs.
Metal: Bell
Diameter: 36"
Height: 30"
Time: 1 hour 45 minutes.
Manufacturer: Stevens, Patented July 29, 1872.
Weights for Operation:


Compressed Air
Compressed Air Machinery: Gardner
Kind: 2 cylinder
Manufacturer: Gardner
Date Made: Nov., 1923.
Nominal Size: 6" x 4.5"
Horsepower: 6 HP
Compressor:
Compressor Manufacturer:
Compressor Bed and Gear:


Internal Combustion Signal
Fog Signal Kind:
Internal Combustion Kind: Hill diesel
Internal Combustion Manufacturer: Hill Diesel Engline Co. Lansing, Mich.
Internal Combustion Date: 1927
Internal Combustion Size:
Internal Combustion Horsepower: 6 HP
Internal Combustion Fuel: Kerosene
Internal Combustion Starter: By turning fly wheel.
Compressor Maker: Gardner
Compressor Seat: Direct connected with friction clutch
Compressor Machinery: Gardner
Compressor Diameter: 6"
Compressor Stroke: 4.5"
Compressor RPMs:
Character of Air Inlet:
Kind of Unloader:
Diameter of Delivery Pipe:


Daboll Signal
Daboll: 3rd class
Daboll Reed:
Daboll Length: 3.5"
Daboll Breadth: 2.25"
Daboll Base Thickness: 3/8"
Daboll Tip Thickness: 9/32"
Dwelling
Location: Screw Pile.
Coloring:
Construction Materials:
Number of Rooms:
Number of Dwellings:
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers:
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses:
Outhouse Coloring:
Paths and Walks:
Area Inclosed:
Area of Garden:
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
Cultivation Area Available:
Area Cultivated:
Character of Surroundings:
Stove, Maker: Grand Susquehanna
Stove, Size: #7
Sink, Maker: Porcslain
Sink, Size: 18" x 36"
Pump, Maker: None.
Pump, Size:
Lamps:
Water
How Procured: From roof & stored in 4 tanks.
Quality: Good.
Quantity: Ample.
Injury Possible: No.
Purity Precaution: Cut out on spouts.
Tank Capacity: On first floor.
Tank Material: 1 wood, 3 iorn.
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description:
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket:
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling:
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Good.
Diseases: None.
Prevalency:
Local Causes:
Recommended Improvements:
Boats
Boat #1
Boat Number: 464
Type: Power
Length:
Width: 22'
When Built: Oct., 1926
Date Harbored at Station: Sept. 1, 1926
Sails: False
Suited to Work: Yes.
 
Boat #2
Boat Number: 427
Type: Row skiff
Length:
Width: 16'
When Built: Jan. 1925
Date Harbored at Station: Jan. 17, 1925
Sails: False
Suited to Work: Yes.


Power Boat
Engine Type: Lathrop
Horsepower: 6 HP
Engine Maker: Shop # 52
Spare Coil:
Magnet: Boach American
Battery: Columbia #6-6
Propeller Diameter: 18"
Propeller Pitch: 20"


Miscellaneous
General Information:
Boats on Station: In davits