Report for Santa Cruz Light Station (California) - 1917
| General |
| District: | 18th |
| Inspector: | A. C. Anderson |
| Location: | On Point Santa Cruz, at entrance to Santa Cruz Harbor. |
| Date of Report: | 06/04/1917 |
| Latitude: | 36° 37' 00" |
| Longitude: | 121° 56' 02" |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 4th order, old style |
| Shape of Lantern: | |
| 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: | |
| Number of Storm Panes: | |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | |
| Lightning Spindle: | |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | |
| Lantern Doors: | |
| Floor of Lantern: | |
| Watchroom Doors: | None |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | 4 in parapet |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | Closet under lantern fitted with lockers & drawers |
| How is Relief Called: | |
| Where is Call System Led: |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | 6 hrs |
| Intensity in Candles: | 25,000 |
| Name of Maker: | L Sautter et Cie Paris |
| Year Made: | |
| Marks and Number: | |
| Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
| Inside Diameter: | 19 3/4" = 500 mm + |
| Light Characteristic: | |
| Time of Revolution: | 10 sec |
| Flash Interval: | 1.5 sec |
| Duration of Flash: | 3.5 sec |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | 4 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 5 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 5 fixed |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 3 fixed |
| Does Apparatus Revolve?: | True |
| Is There a Revolving Belt?: | False |
| Revolving Panels: | |
| How Flash is Produced: | |
| Number of Vertical Elements Panel: | |
| Fixed Lens Covered: | |
| Pedestal: | Standard 3rd Depot, 4 parts |
| Service Table: | |
| Draft Tube Description: | 8" iron |
| Revolving Machinery: | |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | Balls |
| Chariot Description: | |
| Length of Drop Tube: | 25' x 9" |
| Clock Weight: | Abt 130# in 4 parts |
| Length of Winding Time: | 6 hrs |
| Drive During Rewind: | No |
| Machinery Protection: | Glass case |
| Regulated: | Fan governor |
| Lens Protection: | |
| How Color is Produced: | |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | 500 Watt Incandescent, GE PS-40 |
| Type of Illuminant: | Electric AC |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 gasoline, 1 wick, emergency lamp. |
| Number of Spare Burners: | |
| Candle Power: | 640 cp |
| Clock Cord Description |
| Revolving Cord: | Standard 4th order |
| Size of Clock Cord: | 1/8" |
| Length of Clock Cord: | 100' |
| How Led: | Direct below single & double blocks |
| Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: | 6" x 6" |
| Chariot Balls |
| Balls Description: | Semicircular |
| Cage to Separate Balls: | False |
| Number of Balls: | 24 |
| Diameter of Balls: |
| Occulting Light |
| Characteristic: | Light 3.5 sec, dark 1.5 sec |
| Time Limit: | 5 sec & 30 sec |
| Eclipse Type: | Screens |
| Size and Amplitude: | |
| Axis Rotation: | Vertical |
| Axis Relation: | Coincident |
| Screen Revolution: | Parts |
| Screen Number: | 2 |
| Screen Time: | 10 sec |
| Screen Form: | Segmental |
| Screen Mounting: | Attached to inside of lens |
| Screen Order: | |
| Screen Date: | |
| Valve Maker: | |
| Valve Pattern: | |
| Reliability: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | Beneath tower |
| Coloring: | |
| Construction Materials: | |
| Number of Rooms: | |
| Number of Dwellings: | |
| Heating Plant: | Kitchen stove |
| Number of Keepers: | Keeper & laborer |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Frame shop & barn, sheds etc. |
| Outhouse Coloring: | White |
| Paths and Walks: | Concrete & dirt |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | 6 A + - |
| Area Cultivated: | 1 1/4 A + - |
| Character of Surroundings: | |
| Stove, Maker: | Gas Gorham |
| Stove, Size: | 81 - 20 |
| Sink, Maker: | Stan Mfg. Co. |
| Sink, Size: | 20" x 30" |
| Pump, Maker: | |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: | 20 & 40 Watt 110V electric lamps |