Report for Kalae Light Station (Hawaii) - 1933

General
District: 14th
Inspector: C.N. Ellict & F.J. Brightman
Location: South point of Island of Hawaii, at Kalae, Distric of Kau
Date of Report: 01/07/1933
Latitude: 18° 55' 00"
Longitude: 155° 41' 00"
Premises
Site: Presidential Proclamation (No. 830)
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission: 12/06/1908
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 10.02 acres
Area Inclosed: Entire area inclosed with stone fence.
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: Approx. 1560' from edge of Pali
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises: Eoncrete platform on edge of pali, approx 40 feet above water.
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: By auto, 18.5 miles to Waichinu.
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office: Keeper gets mail every week.
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Commercial steel tower 50', furnished by Herbert E. Buckler Corp.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1906
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: 1928
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: 70 feet
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Brown hillside.
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Detached.
Object of Navigation: Seacoast, general and local navigation.
Building Materials: Steel
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Iron ladder.
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass: 8" x 12" in service house.
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 2 - 12 light 20" x 38"
Number of Doors: 1, Standard service house door.
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Light produced by electric globe in 5th order lens lantern located on side of skeleton tower. Wind driven plant with large propeller on top. Service house adjacent to tower.
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 5th order lens lantern, converted.
Shape of Lantern: No separate lantern.
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: Brass, with fresnel clear glass lens.
Construction Material Roof / Cowl:
Ventilator / Cowl:
Lightning Spindle:
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade:
Lantern Doors:
Floor of Lantern:
Watchroom Doors:
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: None.
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement:
Curtain Hooks / Hanger:


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: No watchroom at tower. Equipment housed in service house.
How is Relief Called:
Where is Call System Led: Automatic electric alarm system connects to dwelling.
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 3200 cp
Name of Maker: Unknown
Year Made: Unknown
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: 5th
Inside Diameter: 300 mm
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution: Not revolving
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: Flashes produced by motor driven flasher.
Number of Vertical Elements Panel:
Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal:
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description:
Revolving Machinery: "Reco" motor driven flasher.
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: P25 - 250 W, 32 volt electric lamp
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps: Usually 6-32 volt, 250 watt locomotive headlight lamps
Number of Spare Burners: Backup Delco 32-volt, 850 watt gas electric plant.
Candle Power:


Gas Generator
Generator Description: "Hebco" Model 80 sind-driven electric dynamo
Generator Manufacturer: Hebco
Generator Date: Unknown
Maximum Capacity Per Hour: 305 Amp/ hour
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: Work bench with drawer for tools, in Service House.
Oil House Description: In line between dwelling and tower.
Oil House Inside Dimension: 6' x 8'
Oil House Construction Material: Wood.
Oil House Capacity: About 48 cans of 5 gals each.
Other (Describe): Combined workshop storeroom & garage near dwelling. Frame with concrete floor.
Suitability: Suitable
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: No Fog Signal
Time to Start:
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer:
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic:
Duplication:
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location:
Distance and Direction:
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse:
Description of Fog Signal Building:
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Dwelling
Location: Approximately 120 yards northerly from tower
Coloring: White with red roof, gray trim.
Construction Materials: Wood & plaster
Number of Rooms: 5
Number of Dwellings: 1
Heating Plant: None
Number of Keepers: 1
Furnished Quarters: 1
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: 3
Outhouse Coloring: White with red roofs
Paths and Walks: Concrete to laundry
Area Inclosed:
Area of Garden:
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
Cultivation Area Available: None
Area Cultivated: None
Character of Surroundings: Grazing land. Sloping.
Stove, Maker: Perfection
Stove, Size: 3-burner, keresone with oven
Sink, Maker: Standard Mfg. Co.
Sink, Size: P6715, 22" x 34.25" enameled cast iron.
Pump, Maker:
Pump, Size:
Lamps:
Water
How Procured: Pipe line from plantation (spring)
Quality: Good.
Quantity: Yes.
Injury Possible: No.
Purity Precaution: Tanks elevated & covered.
Tank Capacity: 2 tanks: 7' 6"dia. x 5' 5" high; 7' 6" dia. x 5' 5" high.
Tank Material: Redwood.
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description:
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket:
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling:
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Good.
Diseases: No.
Prevalency: No.
Local Causes: No.
Recommended Improvements: Not necessary
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Stiff log derrick on concrete platform at top of lava cliff rising from a small sheltered bight.
Distance and Direction: Approx. 250 yeards northwesterly from light tower.
Miscellaneous Remarks: Hand hoist on stiff leg derrick.