Elba Island Upper Flats Front Range (Georgia)

Report for Elba Island Upper Flats Front Range (Georgia) - 1914

General

District:	6th
Inspector:	F. P. Dillon, Asst. Supt.
Location:	On the N side of the E end of Elba Island
Date of Report:	02/18/1914
Latitude:	32° 04' 34"
Longitude:	80° 58' 45"

Premises

Site:	Purchase
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:	06/11/1882
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site:	1 acre
Area Inclosed:	None
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark:	At the water
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises:	Light timber wharf
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station:	By tender only, distance from Savannah, GA., 8 miles
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Means Used for Support of Lantern:	Pyramidal, skeleton tower
Number of Separate Lights:	One
First Built or Established:	1905
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
Condition at This Date:
Shape of Tower in Plan:
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water:	23'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea:	All sky
Color of Tower:	Half red, half white
Color of Tower/ How Produced:	Paint
Tower Connection:	Detached
Object of Navigation:	River Channel Ranges
Building Materials:	Iron posts, struts, tie-rods & slats
General Description:
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Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps:	Iron ladders
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass:	None
Number of Windows and Size of Sash:	None
Number of Doors:	None
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Lantern and Fixtures

Order of Lantern:	Post Lantern
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What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern:	Brass & glass
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Balustrade:
Lantern Doors:
Floor of Lantern:
Watchroom Doors:
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Illuminating Apparatus

Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:	45
Name of Maker:
Year Made:
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Does Apparatus Revolve?:	False
Is There a Revolving Belt?:	False
Revolving Panels:
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Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal:
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description:
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Healthfulness

Miscellaneous

Access to Lighthouse:	200' x 4' llight 6" x 6" pile wharf, 1 1/4" deck. 10' x 20' boathouse on piles at end of wharf
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