Report for Old Point Comfort (Virginia) - 1858

General
District: 5th
Inspector:
Location: On Fortress Monroe on N side of entrance to Hampton Roads, VA.
Date of Report:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Premises
Site:
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: About 1/4 acre
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:
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:
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established:
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
Condition at This Date:
Shape of Tower in Plan:
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: 40'
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 45'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea:
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced:
Tower Connection:
Object of Navigation:
Building Materials: Stone
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base: 3' 8"
Wall Thickness at Parapet: 1' 10"
Diameter at Base: Interior 9' 3"
Diameter at Parapet: Interior 6' 6"
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Stone
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass:
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 4, 8 panes each 12 x 12.5"
Number of Doors:
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Scales under dead wall on platform.
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern:
Shape of Lantern:
Diameter to Glass: 5' 6"
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 8
Type of Bars:
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 3' 4"
Number of Plates in Height:
Number of Plates Each Side: 8 in 2 parts each
Thickness of Plates:
Size of Plates: 3' 4" x 2' 4.5"
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Composition & copper
Construction Material Roof / Cowl:
Ventilator / Cowl: Composition
Lightning Spindle:
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade:
Lantern Doors:
Floor of Lantern: Iron
Watchroom Doors:
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: 4
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement:
Curtain Hooks / Hanger:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker: H. LePaute
Year Made:
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: 4th
Inside Diameter:
Light Characteristic: Fixed white
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part: 270 degrees, 45' above sea level
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:
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 Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: 2 fountain lamps
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps:
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: 2 air tight oil butts of 100 gallons.
Other (Describe):
Suitability:
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Bell struck by machinery
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:
Bell Signal
Weight: 1500 lbs
Metal:
Diameter:
Height:
Time:
Manufacturer: Hooper & Co., Boston, MA
Weights for Operation:
Dwelling
Location:
Coloring: White, black roof
Construction Materials: Wood, shingle roof
Number of Rooms: 7; 2-story + attic & kitchen attached w/ 1 room above & 1 below.
Number of Dwellings: 1, 30 x 25
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers:
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: Kitchen & oil house
Outhouse Coloring:
Paths and Walks:
Area Inclosed: Garden fence boards.
Area of Garden:
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
Cultivation Area Available:
Area Cultivated: None
Character of Surroundings:
Stove, Maker:
Stove, Size:
Sink, Maker:
Sink, Size:
Pump, Maker:
Pump, Size:
Lamps: 8 day Pendulum clock
Water
How Procured:
Quality:
Quantity:
Injury Possible:
Purity Precaution:
Tank Capacity: 1 cistern, about 1,000 gals.
Tank Material: Brick
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description:
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket: Pump in cistern
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse:
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Pendulum of clockwork for fog signal will not move evenly. Tower has settled seaward on E corner.