Report for Point Lookout (Maryland) - 1867
General |
District: | 5th |
Inspector: | J. M. Berrien, Inspector, 5th District. |
Location: | Entrance to Potomac River |
Date of Report: | 09/12/1867 |
Latitude: | |
Longitude: |
Premises |
Site: | |
Date of Reservation: | |
Date of Deed: | |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | |
Area Inclosed: | |
Character of Soil: | |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Dwelling enclosed by a board fence; nothing else is enclosed. |
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: | Keeper's dwelling |
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: | |
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | |
Color of Tower: | |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | |
Tower Connection: | |
Object of Navigation: | |
Building Materials: | |
General Description: | |
Wall Thickness at Base: | |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
Diameter at Base: | |
Diameter at Parapet: | |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | |
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: |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | There was a ladder without hooks at the end. |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | There is none provided. |
Watchroom |
How is Watchroom Fitted: | |
How is Relief Called: | There was no bell for calling relief. |
Where is Call System Led: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | |
Name of Maker: | |
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: | |
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: | Lens of 4th order - Franklin Lamp |
Type of Illuminant: | |
Number of Spare Lamps: | 1, in good condition. |
Number of Spare Burners: | 2, in good condition. |
Candle Power: |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | |
Oil House Description: | |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
Oil House Construction Material: | |
Oil House Capacity: | |
Other (Describe): | There is a closet provided for the preservation of utensils, wicks, chimneys and cleaning materials. Paints, oils, spirits of turpentine, paint-brushes, etc. are kept in one corner of the oil room. |
Suitability: |
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: | Dwelling enclosed by a board fence; nothing else is enclosed. |
Area of Garden: | There is no garden. |
Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
Cultivation Area Available: | |
Area Cultivated: | Keeper cultivates a small "patch". |
Character of Surroundings: | |
Stove, Maker: | |
Stove, Size: | |
Sink, Maker: | |
Sink, Size: | |
Pump, Maker: | |
Pump, Size: | |
Lamps: | There is a regulation clock in good condition. Kept in the sitting room. |
Condition |
Lantern: | It was in very good condition. |
Illuminating Apparatus: | Lens was as clean as it could be made in all its parts. |
Service Lamp: | It was in good condition in all respects. |
Oil: | It was perfectly clear & free from dirt. It had not been filtered. |
Service Lamp Burner: | It was free from gummy or burnt oil & wick well trimmed. |
Service Lamp Burner Level: | It was found to be bad. |
Plate Glass: | Very clean, free from scratches & stains. |
Lens Cover: | It was on, very clean made of cotton ticking & placed in one of the rooms of the bldg when not in use. |
Lantern Curtains: | There were none. |
Carillon or Alarm Bell: | There was no alarm bell. |
Rod Lamp: | There was a rod lamp. |
Dwelling: | Dwelling is in very neat order as regards cleanliness, but it stands in need of a general repair. |
Stairway and Landing: | Perfectly clean. |
Inside of Tower: | |
Glazing of Dwelling: | Condition of the glazing was not good. |
Improvements Needed: | A general repair is needed. |
Outhouses: | Very clean |
Boathouse: | There is none |
Grounds: | They are clean, but filled with weeds. The grounds look well. |
Equipment Care |
Does Keeper Understand the Use and Care of | |
Lens: | Lens is never touched improperly. |
Lantern and Trap Doors: | They fit tightly. |
Watch or Trimming Room: | These things were all in their proper places & were not to be seen. |
Lucernes or Matches: | There were none of these articles to be seen in the lantern, watch or trimming rooms. |
Heater: | There was no heater at this station. |
Ventilation: | Keeper understands use of the ventilators & how to air the bldg. |
Dome: | They were painted according to instructions & lightning conductor was in perfect order, entering the ground. |
Oil Room |
Oil Room Condition: | In good condition, ventilated by 2 windows; floor clean. |
Oil Carriers: | They were in good condition. |
Number of 100 Gallon Oil Butts: | 3 |
Number of 50 Gallon Oil Butts: | |
Number of Small Butts for Waste Oil: | |
Number of Dripping Buckets: | 2 |
Number of Oil Tanks: | 3, holding 300 gallons. |
Oil Butts Made According to Regulation: | They were so made. |
Oil Butt Covers: | Gutters were not filled. Keeper was requested to fill them. Keeper did not appear to understand use of covers & air cocks until told their use. |
Drip Bucket Placement: | There was a dripping bucket hung to the oil butt which was filled. |
Oil Butt Platform: | They are so placed upon planks. |
Empty Oil Butts: | 2 empty oil butts were clean & held in readiness for a new supply. |
Tool Chests and Presses |
Cleaning Materials Put Away: | They are so put up & packed. |
Paints Separate: | They are kept separate |
Tool Chest: | There are some tools, very few. |
Tool Condition: | Tools are in good condition; there is a place set apart for them. |
Tools Free from Rust: | The few tools there are on hand are in good condition. |
Closets Clean: | They are kept properly aired. |
Service Box In Good Order: | Yes |
Trimming Scissors Clean: | They are kept in very good order |
Brushes and Floor Clothes: | They were in good order & in their places. |
Lantern Condition: | Very good |
Keeper and Assistants |
Keeper Appearance: | Very neat & tidy. |
Keeper Interested in Duties: | Yes |
Keeper Capacity for Duties: | Keeper shows good capacity for his duties; but is not over anxious for information. |
Keeper Understanding of Regulations: | Keeper seems to understand the rules & instructions & to wish to conform to them. |
Keeper Complaints: | |
Keeper Family: | Keeper has no family. |
Keeper Name: | Pamela Edwards |
Keeper Age: | Middle aged |
Keeper Present or Absent: | Present. |
Number of Assistants: | There is no assistant. |
Assistants Attend to Duty: | |
Assistants Capability: | |
Assistants Complaints: | |
Assistants Family: | |
Assistant Keeper Names: | |
Did Principal and Assistant Keepers Accompany the Inspector?: | Keeper accompanied me through the bldg while the inspection was being made. |
Account and Regulations Books |
Account Books | |
Daily Expenditures Posted: | Yes |
Quarterly Returns on Hand: | Yes |
Receipt and Expenditure Accounts Kept: | Yes |
Shipwreck and Vessels Passed Book: | They are roughly, but apparently correctly, kept. |
Regulations, Instructions, and Directions | |
Rules and Regulations Copies: | 1 |
Instructions and Directions Copies: | 1 |
Placard Directions Copies: | 1 |
Notice to Visitors Copies: | 1 |
Summary of Duties: | 1 |
Index of Instructions: | 1 |
Guide for Mixed Paints: | 1 |
Directions for Purifying Water: | 1 |
Placards Easily Visible: | Yes |
Books Easily Accessible: | Yes |
Blank Books and Forms: | 1 set blanks for quarterly returns. |