Report for Coquille River Light Station (Oregon) - 1896

General
District: 13th
Inspector: Captain W.L. Fisk, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.
Location: Located upon W'rly part of Rackliff Rock on the N side of the mouth of the Coquille River, Oregon
Date of Report: 05/04/1896
Latitude: 43° 07' (13") N
Longitude: 124°, 25' (40") W
Premises
Site: Purchase of 11.44 acres & reservation of 39.90 acres.
Date of Reservation: 01/01/1896
Date of Deed: 09/24/1893
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 51.34 acres
Area Inclosed: None at this date
Character of Soil: Sand.
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: About 150'.
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: None at this date
Wharf or Landing on Premises: Beach landing.
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: By rowboat from the town of Bandon, across river.
Distance to Nearest Road: 700 yards across river to town of Bandon, Oregon
Distance to Post Office: About 700 yards.
Distance to Village: About 700 yards.
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance: Can be easily reached by rowboat.
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Tower.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 02/29/1896
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
Condition at This Date: Good.
Shape of Tower in Plan: Circular
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: 35' 8"
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 52'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Green timber.
Color of Tower: White.
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint.
Tower Connection: Connected to rear of fog-signal building.
Object of Navigation: Seacoast.
Building Materials: Brick, stone & iron.
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base: 25"
Wall Thickness at Parapet: 17"
Diameter at Base: 11' 2" outside & 7' inside
Diameter at Parapet: 7' inside
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Iron.
Number of Landings: 1
Size of Glass: 16" x 20" & 16" x 24"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 2: 4' 3" x 3' 4"; & 1: 4' 7" x 3' 4"
Number of Doors: 1
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: Stone resting on ledge of rock.
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: Sand.
Soil Susceptibility: Probably by grass.
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 4th
Shape of Lantern:
Diameter to Glass: 7' 1-1/2"
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 8
Type of Bars:
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 35-3/8"
Number of Plates in Height: 1
Number of Plates Each Side: 1
Thickness of Plates: 5/16"
Size of Plates: 34-1/4" x 35-7/8"
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Iron.
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Dome: Iron in 8 sections; cowl: iron.
Ventilator / Cowl:
Lightning Spindle: Brass w platinum point.
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade: Iron
Lantern Doors: Cast iron door hung w brass hinges neatly fitted in 1 of lower sections of lantern.
Floor of Lantern: Cast iron.
Watchroom Doors: Trap door over the stair opening made of 3/16" boiler iron, hung w hinges & having handles.
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: Lower part of lantern.
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: None needed.
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Brass screwed in each post above top glass stop


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: None in lower, the fog-signal building is fitted w stove for use of keepers.
How is Relief Called: Friction box w extension bells are used between tower & dwellings.
Where is Call System Led:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
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Name of Maker:
Year Made:
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Order of Apparatus: 4th
Inside Diameter:
Light Characteristic: Fixed white 360 degrees fitted w occulting apparatus showing fixed white for 28 seconds, followed by eclipse of 2 seconds.
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part: Fixed & seen from sea from NE 3/4 E to S by E 3/8
Number of Panels: 4
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum:
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 8
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 5
Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
Revolving Panels:
How Flash is Produced: Light is fixed w 2 sec eclipses produced by a brass cylinder inclosing the chimney which is raised to show the light & dropped to obscure it, this eclipsing apparatus is operated by small clockwork.
Number of Vertical Elements Panel:
Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal: Cast iron column
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description: No tube & no damper
Revolving Machinery: No revolving machinery, an occulting light.
Standby and Description:
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How Color is Produced: White light
Red Sectors Description:
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Lamp Description: Funck Heap 4th order lamp w one wick
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps: 1
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power:


Occulting Light
Characteristic: Fixed white for 28 seconds, followed by an eclipse of 2 seconds.
Time Limit:
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Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: 1st class Daboll Trumpet
Time to Start:
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Characteristic: Blasts are sounded in 5 second duration, separated by silent intervals of 25 seconds.
Duplication:
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location: Connected w tower & located to warn vessels away from bar at the entrance of Coquille River.
Distance and Direction: Part of same building.
Water Supply: Rainwater cistern in interior of foundation.
Reached from Lighthouse:
Description of Fog Signal Building: Building is brick & stone about 30' L, 22' W, resting on stone foundation, 8-1/2' H, has hip roof of steel beams & tiling covered w asphalt & gravel.
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Dwelling
Location: Double dwelling located about 650' N'rly from tower.
Coloring:
Construction Materials: Wood w brick foundations.
Number of Rooms: 3 bedrooms, sitting room, dinning room & kitchen.
Number of Dwellings:
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: 1 keeper & 1 assist to double dwelling
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: 2 small water closets & a barn.
Outhouse Coloring:
Paths and Walks: Foot walks of wood have been laid around dwellings & to barn, also, leading to fog-signal building.
Area Inclosed: None at this date
Area of Garden: None
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
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Character of Surroundings: All sand.
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Assistant Keepers Dwellings
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Water
How Procured: From cisterns.
Quality: Good.
Quantity: Ample.
Injury Possible: No.
Purity Precaution: Filter walls put in cisterns.
Tank Capacity: 2 cisterns about 15,000 gallons each; 1 located on each side of the double dwelling.
Tank Material: Brick.
Distilling Apparatus: False
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Healthfulness
General Opinion: Good.
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Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Sand beach forming the bank of the Coquille River makes a good landing place at all times for small boats.
Distance and Direction:
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