Report for Pages Rock Light-Station (Virginia) - 1927

General
District: 5th
Inspector: L.M. Hopkins
Location: In 1.5 fathoms, on salient of shoal off Sandy Point, York River, Va.
Date of Report: 10/20/1927
Latitude:
Longitude:
Premises
Site: State of Virginia to United States, by Act of General Assembly.
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 01/03/1892
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: About 5/8 of a nautical mile.
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: On super-structure.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1893
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
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: 41 feet
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Light licated in York River.
Color of Tower: Super-structure white; lantern black; roof & sub-structure brown
Color of Tower/ How Produced: By paint.
Tower Connection: In one.
Object of Navigation: Local navigation, York River.
Building Materials: Wood & iron.
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Iron ladders to main deck; wooden spiral stairway from deck to lantern.
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: Hexagonal super-structure on sub-structure of wooden piles with iron sleeves driven below surface of bottom.
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"
Number of Plates in Height: 1
Number of Plates Each Side: 1
Thickness of Plates: 1/4"
Size of Plates: 34.5" x 36 3/8"
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern: All glazed
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Wood & iron
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Copper
Ventilator / Cowl: Copper
Lightning Spindle: Copper
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade: Wood
Lantern Doors: Hung on outside with brass hinges.
Floor of Lantern: Wood; tongued & grooved yellow pine.
Watchroom Doors:
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: In lower part of lantern
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement:
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Screwed into cornice ceiling.


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: None.
How is Relief Called:
Where is Call System Led:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 450 cp white; 150 cp red.
Name of Maker: Sautter, Harle & Cie. paris
Year Made: 1893
Marks and Number: No. 353
Order of Apparatus: 4th
Inside Diameter: 19.75" approx.
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 4
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 6
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 6
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.
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: Glass
Red Sectors Description: From 321 degrees to 329.5 degrees & 147 degrees to 150.5 degrees.
Where Color Attached: To lantern
Form of Colored Glass: Rectangular
Lamp Description: 4th order
Type of Illuminant: Kerosene
Number of Spare Lamps: 1 (2 in use)
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power: 45 cp


Vapor Oil Lamp
Number of Wicks or Mantels: 1 wick
Diameter of Outside Wick: 1.25"
Diameter of Mantel:
Diameter of Circum Circle:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use:
Oil House Description: 3 - 275 gallon storage tanks under main deck.. Provides for group of minor lights from Yorktown to West Point, Va.
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe): 6 closets on 1st floor. 1 storeroom on 1st floor & 4 on second floor.
Suitability:
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Geo. M. Stevens, bell striker
Time to Start: 1 minute.
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer: Geo. M. Stevens.
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic: 1 blow, 15 sec. silent, 1 blow, 15 sec. silent.
Duplication: None.
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location: 100 yards form edge of channel.
Distance and Direction: About 15 feet on southwesterly or channel side of
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse: By ladder from deck of superstructure.
Description of Fog Signal Building: 2 story frame structure on extension of deck of superstructure on SW or channel side of staton. Bell machine installed in 2nd story.
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Bell Signal
Weight: 1000 lbs.
Metal: Bell
Diameter: 32"
Height: 29"
Time: 2.5 hours.
Manufacturer: Standard service bell.
Weights for Operation:
Dwelling
Location:
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: Isaac Sheppard
Stove, Size: "Baltimore" 818
Sink, Maker:
Sink, Size: 12" x 20" inside
Pump, Maker: None.
Pump, Size:
Lamps: 2 table lamps
Water
How Procured: From roof & stored in 4 tanks.
Quality: Good.
Quantity: Ample
Injury Possible: No. cut out in spouting.
Purity Precaution:
Tank Capacity: 900 gallons. 1st floor.
Tank Material:
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:
Prevalency:
Local Causes:
Recommended Improvements:
Boats
Boat #1
Boat Number: 429
Type: Sq. stern R'd. bottom; motor
Length: 6' 3"
Width: 22' 0"
When Built: 1923
Date Harbored at Station: 1923
Sails: False
Suited to Work: Yes
 
Boat #2
Boat Number: 360
Type: Sq. stern, flat bottom.
Length: 4' 8"
Width: 16' 0"
When Built:
Date Harbored at Station: 1921
Sails: True
Suited to Work: Yes.


Power Boat
Engine Type: Single cyl. 2 cycle
Horsepower: 6 HP
Engine Maker: "Lathrop" No. 21105
Spare Coil: Edison
Magnet: Bosch (Aux.)
Battery: Dry cell; 6
Propeller Diameter: 18"
Propeller Pitch: 22"


Miscellaneous
General Information:
Boats on Station: Davits.