Report for Bloody Point Rear Beacon (South Carolina) - 1885
General |
District: | 6th |
Inspector: | B.B. Smith, Asst. Engineer |
Location: | On SE end of Daufuskie Island, SC. |
Date of Report: | 11/16/1885 |
Latitude: | 32° 05' 50" |
Longitude: | 80° 52' 20" |
Premises |
Site: | |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | 5 acres |
Area Inclosed: | |
Character of Soil: | Sandy with some woods |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 3/8 mile |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Iron railing around beacon |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | None |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | Country road 3/8 mile leads from beacon to nearest landing. |
Means to Reach Light Station: | By steamboat or rail to Savannah, GA or Beaufort, SC thence by hired boat. |
Distance to Nearest Road: | 30 miles to Savannah, GA. |
Distance to Post Office: | 30 miles |
Distance to Village: | 30 miles |
Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None except hire of boat. |
Facilities for Private Conveyance: | None except hire of boat. |
Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Triangular skeleton iron structure |
Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
First Built or Established: | 1883 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | Never |
Condition at This Date: | Good |
Shape of Tower in Plan: | Triangular |
Form of Tower: | |
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 92' from base to extreme top of structure |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 85' |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Lower 50' woods, above sky |
Color of Tower: | Lower 50' white, above red |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
Tower Connection: | Detached |
Object of Navigation: | 1 of the system of Ranges for entering Savannah River. |
Building Materials: | Iron with brick oil house, attached at base. |
General Description: | Beacon is triangular iron structure of 6 series. 6 posts to 2 lower series, 3 to the others. Each series consists of posts, struts & tension rods. Lowest series rests on disks supported by & bolted to foundation. |
Wall Thickness at Base: | |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
Diameter at Base: | |
Diameter at Parapet: | |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Ladder |
Number of Landings: | None |
Size of Glass: | |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | |
Number of Doors: | |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Concrete foundation 4' thick. |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Sandy |
Soil Susceptibility: | By grass, shrubbery or trees |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | A hoisting arrangement raises & lowers a locomotive headlight lantern which during the day is housed in the brick oil room attached to beacon & resting on same foundation serves also as oil room. Site is uncultivated. |
Lantern and Fixtures |
Order of Lantern: | Locomotive headlight lantern & reflector. |
Shape of Lantern: | |
Diameter to Glass: | 23" reflectors |
Diameter in the Clear: | |
Number of Sides: | |
Type of Bars: | |
Thickness of Bars: | |
Height Glazed: | |
Number of Plates in Height: | |
Number of Plates Each Side: | |
Thickness of Plates: | |
Size of Plates: | |
Number of Storm Panes: | |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | |
What Bearings: | |
Construction Material Lantern: | Glass & iron |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | None |
Ventilator / Cowl: | None |
Lightning Spindle: | None |
Description of Lightning Rod: | None |
Balustrade: | |
Lantern Doors: | |
Floor of Lantern: | |
Watchroom Doors: | |
Parapet Diameter: |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | Upper part of lantern |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | |
Year Made: | |
Marks and Number: | |
Order of Apparatus: | Locomotive headlight lamp with 23" reflector |
Inside Diameter: | 23" |
Light Characteristic: | Fixed |
Time of Revolution: | |
Flash Interval: | |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | Range lights SE 1/2 S |
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: | By ruby chimney |
Red Sectors Description: | |
Where Color Attached: | |
Form of Colored Glass: | |
Lamp Description: | Locomotive headlight lamp with 1 wick |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 2 |
Number of Spare Burners: | 2 |
Candle Power: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | |
Oil House Description: | At base of beacon so as to receive lantern when lowered during the day as well as to serve as oil house for mineral oil in boxed cans. |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
Oil House Construction Material: | |
Oil House Capacity: | |
Other (Describe): | |
Suitability: |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Some danger from malarial fevers |
Diseases: | Malarial fevers |
Prevalency: | In Summer & Autumn |
Local Causes: | None in immediate vicinity, but whole of Daufuskie Island is subject to malarial fever. |
Recommended Improvements: | No |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | Landing principally used is on the "New River", 3/8 mile from rear beacon; road to it is common country road but landing belongs to Mr. Stoddard but he makes no objection to its use by the orderly public. |
Distance and Direction: | |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | Boat house is a shed with skid approaches on the Atlantic beach, near front beacon and dwelling. Beacon, premises, & illuminating apparatus are in good condition & do not require any repairs or additions. |