Report for St. Jones Creek Front Light (Delaware) - 1907

General
District: 4th
Inspector: H. Bamber, Assistant Engineer & others
Location: Located on the northerly bank of the mouth of St. Jones Creek, westerly side of Delaware Bay.
Date of Report: 12/08/1907
Latitude: 39° 04' 01"
Longitude: 75° 24' 05"
Premises
Site: Permission to occupy
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission: 04/26/1895
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site:
Area Inclosed: None
Character of Soil: Mud
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: Post is on beach below 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: No wharf
Means to Reach Light Station: By steamer to Bowers, Del. & thence by small boat to station; or by RR to Dover, Del. thence by private conveyance to Bowers & thence by small boat to station.
Distance to Nearest Road: About 400' across creek to public road, thence 14.5 miles to RR station at Dover, or 400' across creek to steamboat landing at Bowers.
Distance to Post Office: About 5/8 mile to Bowers
Distance to Village: About 5/8 mile to center of village of Bowers.
Facilities for Public Conveyance: A small steamer runs from Philadelphia to Bowers.
Facilities for Private Conveyance: There are livery stables in Dover. Keeper has a boat in which he crosses the creek.
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Lantern post only
Number of Separate Lights: One
First Built or Established: 1895
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: 1907
Condition at This Date: Good
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Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 11' 0"
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Distant trees
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
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Object of Navigation: Channel & range light, for local navigating purposes.
Building Materials: Wood
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Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: Beach mud & sand
Soil Susceptibility: No
Miscellaneous Remarks: Post stands on mud beach, sometimes covered with sand. It is exposed to floating ice when the tide is up but should it be disturbed a 2nd post now standing higher on beach can be utilized for exhibition of the light.
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: Post Lantern
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Illuminating Apparatus
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Name of Maker: Not known
Year Made: Not known
Marks and Number: None, except district number
Order of Apparatus: Post lantern
Inside Diameter: 6 3/4"
Light Characteristic: Fixed red
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Arc of Each Fixed Part: 360 degrees
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Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
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How Color is Produced: By pressed ruby lens or lantern globe
Red Sectors Description: All red
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Lamp Description: Reservoir post lantern lamp, single wick
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Number of Spare Lamps: One lantern with lamp
Number of Spare Burners: One
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Closets and Store Rooms
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Oil House Description: Oil is kept in warehouse of the Dover & Philadelphia Navigation Company, whose agent tends the light.
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Healthfulness
General Opinion: Healthful
Diseases: None (keeper)
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Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous Remarks: The Keeper states that the general character & condition of the post are good. The lantern & lamps are apparently in good order.