Report for Pilot Island Front Range (Michigan) - 1909
General |
District: | 11th |
Inspector: | Ralph R. Tinkham |
Location: | On Pilot Island, S'ly side of Mud Lake, St. Mary's River, MI. |
Date of Report: | 08/29/1909 |
Latitude: | 46° 10' 34.58" |
Longitude: | 84° 07' 59.72" |
Premises |
Site: | Purchase 5 1/2 of SW 1/4, Sec 25, T44 N, Rr E., Mich |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | 06/15/1903 |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | 26.2 acres |
Area Inclosed: | None |
Character of Soil: | Gravel, stone & boulders |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 25' |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None, except garden & hen yard |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Small landing at dwelling. Also land directly on dikes |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | None |
Means to Reach Light Station: | By boat only. A boat of light draft necessary to reach any of the landings. |
Distance to Nearest Road: | Nearest steamboat landing is at Sailors Encampment, 6 miles. |
Distance to Post Office: | 6 miles to Sailors Encampment |
Distance to Village: | Sailors Encampment on Little Neebish Isld. |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | By launch from Sailors Encampment, 6 miles |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
First Built or Established: | 1894 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | 1905 |
Condition at This Date: | Good |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Octagonal |
Form of Tower: | Pyramidal |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 39.5' |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 39' |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Wooded |
Color of Tower: | White, black lantern |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
Tower Connection: | Detached |
Object of Navigation: | Range - guide from its intersection with the Winter P4 Range to lower entrance to improved channel at Sailors Encampment. |
Building Materials: | Timber framing covered with vertical matched flooring & outside over that with narrow wood siding laid on paper. Open timberwork uncerted inside. |
General Description: | |
Wall Thickness at Base: | 6" |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 6" |
Diameter at Base: | 11' 6" |
Diameter at Parapet: | 9' |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | 3 flights wooden stairs & wood rails. |
Number of Landings: | None - winders at the turns. |
Size of Glass: | 14" x 18" |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 3 - 2 light windows, sash 18" x 22" |
Number of Doors: | 2 paneled doors, 1 outside door & 1 into watchroom |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Stone about 4' |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | On small island about 100' long & 50' wide of gravel & stone |
Soil Susceptibility: | There is a thin & irregular growth of grass around dwelling premises. There are trees. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | Dwelling & out buildings are on a natural knoll on point to E'd of front range. Both towers are connected to mainland by hand laid stone dike. |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | 4th |
Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
Diameter to Glass: | 7' |
Diameter in the Clear: | 6' 5.5" |
Number of Sides: | 8 |
Type of Bars: | Vertical |
Thickness of Bars: | |
Height Glazed: | 35.5" |
Number of Plates in Height: | One |
Number of Plates Each Side: | One |
Thickness of Plates: | 5/16" |
Size of Plates: | Lantern glass 36" x 33 7/8"; Storm panes 36" x 32" |
Number of Storm Panes: | 2 - place for 1 on each glazed side. |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | 2 sides @ 45 degrees = 90 degrees |
What Bearings: | SW 5/8 S & SE 5/8 E |
Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron parapet lined with sheet iron & cast iron verticals; & C.I. plate dark panels. |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Pyramidal cast iron, lined with zinc, held to batten strips screwed to flanges of roof plates. |
Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron |
Lightning Spindle: | Brass with platinum point |
Description of Lightning Rod: | 1/8" x 2" copper band attached to pinnacle of lantern & led down outside of tower into moist earth. |
Balustrade: | Octagonal gallery 27" wide, of wood covered with tin. Double pipe rail with pipe fittings. |
Lantern Doors: | 2 fold door of cast iron in parapet. Doors lined with sheet iron. |
Floor of Lantern: | Of wood flooring on wood joists. |
Watchroom Doors: | Wood trap door in floor of lantern. Wood step ladder leads to watchroom. |
Parapet Diameter: | 6' 6.5" |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | 4 in parapet - unprotected opening outside & brass valve registers inside |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Brass hooks screwed to soffit. |
Watchroom |
How is Watchroom Fitted: | Locker of shelves built of wood for lamp supplies. 2 windows. Ground floor of tower used as cleaning room fitted with table & glass bot. |
How is Relief Called: | |
Where is Call System Led: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | Adams & Westlake |
Year Made: | 1908 |
Marks and Number: | No 1065 - 23" |
Order of Apparatus: | Reflector |
Inside Diameter: | |
Light Characteristic: | |
Time of Revolution: | |
Flash Interval: | |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
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: | Light rectangular framed pedestal of wood upon which headlight metal case rests. |
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: | Headlight lamp, A. W. knit wick No. 94 white chimney |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 spare headlight complete |
Number of Spare Burners: | |
Candle Power: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | Locker of shelves in watchroom for lamp supplies |
Oil House Description: | 100' W of dwelling on shore at E end of front dike. |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | 6' 6" |
Oil House Construction Material: | Vitrified red brick, metal slate hip roof & globe ventilator. |
Oil House Capacity: | 100 5-gal cans |
Other (Describe): | 1 closet & pantry, 1st floor of dwelling, 4 closets, 2nd floor. Cellar under whole house |
Suitability: | Suitable. |
Dwelling |
Location: | On mainland, 100' E of dike & 750' E'd from tower. |
Coloring: | Red roof, walls bronze green on natural red brick foundation. |
Construction Materials: | Wood frame bldg, brick foundation, metal slate roof. Interior hardwood & pine finish. |
Number of Rooms: | 7 plus hall, pantry, 5 closets, cellar under whole house, Porch acr. front |
Number of Dwellings: | |
Heating Plant: | |
Number of Keepers: | 1 keeper & family |
Furnished Quarters: | |
NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
Outhouses: | 12' x 20' store shed wood patent siding & wood shingle roof; 10' x 10' hen house of battened boards & metal slate roof; 4' x 5' privy of batten boards & shingle roof; dog kennel & chicken yard. |
Outhouse Coloring: | All outbldgs metallic green with red roofs. |
Paths and Walks: | 200' cement walk. 200' more to be laid. |
Area Inclosed: | None, except hen yard which is 20' x 30' inclosed by wire netting fence, also garden. |
Area of Garden: | 100 x 300' inclosed by wire fence, abt 500' SE |
Area Timber or Shrubbery: | About 18 acres wooded |
Cultivation Area Available: | About 2 acres now cultivated is a hay field besides garden. Remainder in light shrubbery & scattering trees. |
Area Cultivated: | Ground now cultivated is low-lying. |
Character of Surroundings: | About premises is stony & gravel. To SE'd of bldgs is an alder swamp. |
Stove, Maker: | |
Stove, Size: | |
Sink, Maker: | |
Sink, Size: | |
Pump, Maker: | |
Pump, Size: | |
Lamps: |
Water |
How Procured: | From lake by bucket or from well. |
Quality: | Often muddy. Mud Lake very shallow. Well is clean. |
Quantity: | Ample |
Injury Possible: | Wind & seas make water muddy & Spring ice interferes with getting good water. Well water used when such conditions occur, but that water is very strong with lime. |
Purity Precaution: | No cistern |
Tank Capacity: | |
Tank Material: | |
Distilling Apparatus: | False |
Distilling Manufacturer: | |
Well Description: | 16' deep |
Well Diameter: | 4' (about) |
Well Lining: | Stone cribbed |
Pump or Bucket: | Pump |
What Power Used: | |
Distance from Dwelling: | 125' NW of dwelling. |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Healthfulness excellent |
Diseases: | None |
Prevalency: | No |
Local Causes: | No |
Recommended Improvements: | There is natural drainage. |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | Boathouse, 16' x 36' of vert. boards, battened, metal slate roof. Painted white with yellow trim & red roof. Fitted with iron winch & roller boatways. Outside is 10' x 16' tight board crib filled with stone alongside boatways. |
Distance and Direction: | Boathouse is abt 100' SW'ly from dwelling & just S of N dike. |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | Conn'd to shore by dike built of large boulders & broken stone laid by hand. Top abt. 30" wide & sides slope steeply to bottom under 5' of water at deepest point. Dike is 650' long & 3' abv water, ext. from E side of Isld to pt 100' W'ly of dwelling. |