Report for Kaunakakai Range Front (Hawaii) - 1912

General
District: 19th
Inspector: A. E. Arlidge, Supt.
Location: Molokai Island, South Shore.
Date of Report: 06/21/1912
Latitude: 21° 5.5' N
Longitude: 157° 1.5' W
Premises
Site: Purchase
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 03/09/1911
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 3.6 acres
Area Inclosed: 1600 sq. ft.
Character of Soil: Sandy, rocky & mountainous in rear.
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: About 400'
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: Galv. wire
Wharf or Landing on Premises: None
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: Light is located in village of Kaunakakai which has a steamboat landing.
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office:
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Skeleton pyramidal iron tower supported by reinforced concrete service room.
Number of Separate Lights: One
First Built or Established: Rebuilt in 1907; Built anew in 1912
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: June 1912
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: 27'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Mountains & green grove
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: No dwelling
Object of Navigation: Channel & range, for general & local navigation, principally local
Building Materials: Concrete & structural steel
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Ladder
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass: No windows
Number of Windows and Size of Sash:
Number of Doors: 1 into service room, 3' 1" x 6' 4 1/4" (double doors)
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: Standard lens lantern
Shape of 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:
Construction Material Roof / Cowl:
Ventilator / Cowl:
Lightning Spindle:
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade:
Lantern Doors:
Floor of Lantern:
Watchroom Doors:
Parapet Diameter:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 240
Name of Maker:
Year Made:
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: Std. Lens lantern
Inside Diameter: 11 4/5"
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 360 degrees
Number of Flash Panels: None
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 1
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 3 fixed
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 3 fixed
Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
Revolving Panels:
How Flash is Produced: By AGA flasher, Dalens Patent
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: By 2 thumb screws
Lens Protection:
How Color is Produced:
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: 5/8 cu ft. gas tip with pilot attached
Type of Illuminant: Acetylene gas
Number of Spare Lamps: None, light unwatched
Number of Spare Burners: 6 spare 5/8 cu ft. gas burners.
Candle Power: 27 cp


Compressed Gas
Gas Container: 4 A50 AGA accumulators
Compressed Gas Capacity: 194 cu ft. each
Compressed Gas Charge: 162 # at 60 degrees F
How Supply Renewed: By exchanging for recharged accumulators
At What Intervals: About 180 days.
Spare Containers:


Gas Light
Gas Light Kind: Compressed acetylene
Gas Light Number of Burners:
Kind of Burner: 5/8 cu ft. gas burner with pilot attached
Candlepower Per Burner:
Total Candlepower:
Consumption Gas Burner Per Hour: 5/8 cu ft.
Total Consumption Per Hour: .157 cu ft.
How Gas Obtained: Accum. filled w/ compressed acetylene in acetone


Occulting Light
Characteristic: .3 sec light, 1.2 sec eclipse
Time Limit: From about .26 sec light to about 6.5 sec light
Eclipse Type: By valve
Size and Amplitude:
Axis Rotation:
Axis Relation:
Screen Revolution:
Screen Number:
Screen Time:
Screen Form:
Screen Mounting:
Screen Order:
Screen Date:
Valve Maker: Dalen's Patent
Valve Pattern: Single flasher
Reliability: Yes
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: 4' x 4' service room supports tower. It contains 4 gas tanks, tools, fittings, etc.
Oil House Description:
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe):
Suitability:
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Healthful
Diseases: None prevalent
Prevalency:
Local Causes:
Recommended Improvements:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Lighthouse in village of Kaunakakai. Steamers land at Kaunakakai wharf.
Distance and Direction: Landing about 7/8 mile S
Miscellaneous Remarks: Light built anew in June, 1912. AGA light lit on June 15, 1912.