Report for Aunuu (Samoa) - 1911
| General |
| District: | 19th |
| Inspector: | Lieut. C. S. McDowell, USN |
| Location: | On highest NE end of Aunuu Island |
| Date of Report: | 03/03/1911 |
| Latitude: | 14° 18' 14" S |
| Longitude: | 170° 33' 43" W |
| Premises |
| Site: | US Government Land |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | 03/04/1906 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 45/100 acre |
| Area Inclosed: | Noen |
| Character of Soil: | Good. volcanic |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 600' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | None |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | Trail 1200' to beach |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | Foot or horse |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | 7 miles from dock at Pago Pago |
| Distance to Post Office: | 7 miles |
| Distance to Village: | 1/2 mile from Aunuu |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | Steam launch or open boat from Pago Pago |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | None |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower around 6" pipe |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
| First Built or Established: | 4/18/1905 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | Dec., 1909 |
| Condition at This Date: | Fair |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square |
| Form of Tower: | Pyramidal |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 230' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Sky light on top of promontory |
| Color of Tower: | White |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Whitewash & cement |
| Tower Connection: | Detached |
| Object of Navigation: | Seacoast & channel. Illuminates S coast of Tutuila & channel btwn Aunuu & Tutuila. |
| Building Materials: | Oregon pine around 6" iron pipe in cement |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | 1" |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 1" |
| Diameter at Base: | 16' square |
| Diameter at Parapet: | 4' square |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Ladder |
| Number of Landings: | None |
| Size of Glass: | None |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | None |
| Number of Doors: | None |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Wood, resting on lava |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Lava |
| Soil Susceptibility: | Not necessary |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 5 day lens lantern |
| Shape of Lantern: | Cylindrical |
| 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: | Canvas cover over lantern in the day time. |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | None |
| Lightning Spindle: | None |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | None |
| Lantern Doors: | |
| Floor of Lantern: | |
| Watchroom Doors: | |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | Light Keeper lives in native hut about 1/2 mile from light. |
| How is Relief Called: | |
| Where is Call System Led: |
| 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: | |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | Fixed 360 degrees red |
| 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: | 1 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 1 |
| Candle Power: |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 wick |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | 1 1/8" |
| Diameter of Mantel: | 7/8" |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | None |
| Oil House Description: | Closet inside tower |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 1.5' x 3' |
| Oil House Construction Material: | |
| Oil House Capacity: | 2 5-gal cans |
| Other (Describe): | |
| Suitability: |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Healthy |
| Diseases: | Native diseases |
| Prevalency: | No |
| Local Causes: | No |
| Recommended Improvements: | No |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | No government landing, trail from village of Aunuu 1/2 mile from light. Land on beach at Aunuu. |
| Distance and Direction: | S'ly & about 1/2 mile from light. |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Obscured to N'd on horizon by high land of Tutuila, from N 30 degrees 30' W (magnetic). W'd obscured to S'd from S 3 degrees E (mag) to S 30 degrees 30' W (mag). Partially obscured from S 50 degrees 10' W (mag) to S 56 degrees 25' W. |