Report for Presque Isle Harbor Range - Front (Michigan) - 1910
| General |
| District: | 11th |
| Inspector: | Oliver G. Brown |
| Location: | Presque Isle Harbor, Michigan, N'ly part of W'ly shore of Lake Huron. |
| Date of Report: | 06/20/1910 |
| Latitude: | 45° 20' 16" |
| Longitude: | 83° 29' 23" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Part of lot 4, sec. 17,T. 34 N. R. 8 E. |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | 06/03/1869 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 8-1/2 A |
| Area Inclosed: | None |
| Character of Soil: | Sandy. |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None. |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | None. |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By stage fr. Alpena to Presque Isle P.O.; by rig from P.O. or by rig from Alpena. |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | 3 miles |
| Distance to Post Office: | 3 miles |
| Distance to Village: | 27 miles (Alpena) |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None. |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | By rig |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 lights - one range |
| First Built or Established: | 1870 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | |
| Condition at This Date: | Good |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square |
| Form of Tower: | Square with verticle walls |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 21' 2" |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 18' 0" |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Wooded |
| Color of Tower: | White |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
| Tower Connection: | Detached |
| Object of Navigation: | Guide to entrance to Presque Isle Harbour |
| Building Materials: | Frame tower |
| General Description: | Tower wooden throughout & ceiled inside & outside with verticle wood ceiling. |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | 6" |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 6" |
| Diameter at Base: | 7' 8" |
| Diameter at Parapet: | 7' 8" |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Wooden stairs. |
| Number of Landings: | None except lantern floor. |
| Size of Glass: | |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | No windows in tower.. |
| Number of Doors: | 1 wooden door at entrance to tower. |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Stone walls 20" thick & 4' below surface. |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Sandy. |
| Soil Susceptibility: | Trees & some sand grass |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | |
| Shape of Lantern: | Octagonal. |
| Diameter to Glass: | |
| 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: | 2 windows in lantern; front-single fold plate glass 1' 10"x2' 6"; rear lantern window 12"x15". |
| Number of Storm Panes: | |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Wooden inside and out. |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Pyramidal & covered w/ copper. plates. |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Copper ventilator ball |
| Lightning Spindle: | Copper lightning conductor spindle w/ platinum tip. |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | Lightning conductor 1/2" wire cable attached to lightning spindle & runs down side of tower into wet sand below |
| Balustrade: | |
| Lantern Doors: | Wooden |
| Floor of Lantern: | Wooden |
| Watchroom Doors: | No watchroom. |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | 2 ventilators in walls |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None - windows swing inside. |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Nails driven into window casings hold curtains. |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | None |
| Year Made: | |
| Marks and Number: | None |
| Order of Apparatus: | Lens lantern |
| Inside Diameter: | 12" |
| Light Characteristic: | Fx. White. |
| Time of Revolution: | Not movable |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | 3 panels in lens; 1is brass sheet door. Ea. panel made of 1 cntrl drum composed of a cntrl convex glass & 3 prisms above & 3 prisms below. Lens circular in |
| 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: | Lens sits in wrought iron ring 2" x 1/2". Ring supported by 3 iron rods 1/2" dia. screwed to floor of lantern. |
| Service Table: | None |
| Draft Tube Description: | None. |
| Revolving Machinery: | Not revolving, |
| 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: | Common brass lamp w/ flat wick 1" wide |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | |
| Candle Power: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | Wooden door leads into lower part of tower which is used as lamp & storeroom. |
| Oil House Description: | |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
| Oil House Construction Material: | |
| Oil House Capacity: | |
| Other (Describe): | 3 closets: 1 - 1st fl. & 2 on 2nd fl. Cellar under part of dwelling. |
| Suitability: | Dry & suitable. |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | None. |
| 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: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | 1000' E'ly from dwelling. |
| Coloring: | White |
| Construction Materials: | Frame dwelling w/ wooden shingled roof. |
| Number of Rooms: | 5 |
| Number of Dwellings: | |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Barn & cistern house; privy; oil-house |
| Outhouse Coloring: | Barn & cistern house-yellow; privy-white; oil-house-brick red |
| Paths and Walks: | Concrete walks lead to rear range & all outhouses. |
| Area Inclosed: | Not enclosed. |
| Area of Garden: | None. |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | None. |
| Cultivation Area Available: | None. |
| Area Cultivated: | None. |
| Character of Surroundings: | Sandy & shifting sand. |
| Stove, Maker: | |
| Stove, Size: | |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | |
| Pump, Maker: | |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | From well for drinking; from cistern for household use. |
| Quality: | Good. |
| Quantity: | |
| Injury Possible: | No. |
| Purity Precaution: | None. |
| Tank Capacity: | Located 15' N. of dwelling. |
| Tank Material: | Brick, plastered inside. |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | Brick lined, 18' deep. 30' NW'ly fr. dwelling. |
| Well Diameter: | 3' |
| Well Lining: | Brick. |
| Pump or Bucket: | Pump. |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: | 30' NW'ly |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Excellent. |
| Diseases: | None. |
| Prevalency: | |
| Local Causes: | |
| Recommended Improvements: | None. |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | No boat house or landing |
| Distance and Direction: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |