Report for Sheboygan Breakwater (Wisconsin) - 1910

General
District: 9th
Inspector: Irving L. Gill, Asst. Engineer
Location: On S'ly end of Sheboygan Harbor, WI., W'ly side of Lake Michigan.
Date of Report: 03/03/1910
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:
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: Tower
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1900
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: Present beacon erected 1902
Condition at This Date:
Shape of Tower in Plan: Hexagon
Form of Tower: Pyramidal
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: Height from base of tower to focal plane 25'
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 31'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea:
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection:
Object of Navigation:
Building Materials: Tower to gallery is hexagonal frame work structure covered with corrugated iron. Gallery is of wood surrounded by pipe hand rail. Shaft is frame work, covered with metal shingles.
General Description: White hexagonal pyramidal structure surmounted by a shaft with glazed openings for lantern & a dome covered with sheet metal.
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: Exposed side of tower protected by seawall of timber, 6' high, formerly used as protection for metal post light.
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker:
Year Made:
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: Lens lantern
Inside Diameter:
Light Characteristic: Fixed red.
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:
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps:
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse:
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: With Sheboyan Pierhead Light, this light forms a range for entering the harbor of Sheboygan, WI.