Report for Kilauea Point Light Station (Hawaii) - 1916
| General |
| District: | 14th |
| Inspector: | F. C. Palmer |
| Location: | Kilauea Point; Northernmost point of Kaual Island, Hawaii Territory. |
| Date of Report: | 01/24/1916 |
| Latitude: | 22° 13' 55" |
| Longitude: | 159° 24' 18" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Purchase |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | 12/11/1909 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 31 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | 27 acres inclosed with wood post & wire fence. |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | Approx 150 ft. horizontal & 180 ft. vertical. |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Derrick with gas engine operated hoist. |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | Boat landing at station during fair weather & by hired conveyance over public & lighthouse roadways from any part of Kaual Island. |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | |
| Distance to Post Office: | Kilauea PO at Kilauea Village is 2 miles. |
| Distance to Village: | |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower. |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
| First Built or Established: | Established May 1, 1912. |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | New on date last noted. |
| 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: | 216 feet. |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Gradually rising land covered with green vegetation. |
| Color of Tower: | Light gray |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Unpainted concrete. |
| Tower Connection: | The tower is a separate structure; nearest other building is the oilhouse, 35 yards. |
| Object of Navigation: | Seacoast, for general navigation. |
| Building Materials: | Renforced concrete. |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
| Diameter at Base: | |
| Diameter at Parapet: | |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Cast iron. |
| Number of Landings: | |
| Size of Glass: | 12" x 26" - 26-oz. for transoms. 17.5" 25.75 -26-oz. for windows. |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 7 tower windows, sash 2' 5.5" x 1' 9"; 3 tower basement transoms 16" x 30" |
| Number of Doors: | Double front & air lock doors of steel. Details shown on drawings In district office. |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 1st order |
| Shape of Lantern: | Cylindrical |
| Diameter to Glass: | 12' 6-1/8" |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | |
| Type of Bars: | Helical |
| Thickness of Bars: | 13/16" |
| Height Glazed: | 9' 9.5" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 2.5 |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | |
| Thickness of Plates: | 5/16" |
| Size of Plates: | 2' 8.796" x 2' 8.796"; bent to R 6' 2.646" |
| Number of Storm Panes: | |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | Glazed 360 degrees |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Iron floor, sills, cornice & roof, Bronze sash. |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Cast iron, |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron. |
| Lightning Spindle: | Cast composition metal, platinum tipped. |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | Farapet floor cast iron; railing wrot iron. |
| Lantern Doors: | Standard 2 pane sash door, hinged & hand lick bolted. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron with multiple floor lights. |
| Watchroom Doors: | None. Cast iron open stairway from watch room to lantern. |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | 10 cast iron ventilators in wall of watch room |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | Wrot iron portable ladder. |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Curtains on spring rollers. |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | Contains the pedestal which supports lens & lamps. Clockwork inside of base of pedestal also single tank & pump of I.O.V. apparatur. |
| How is Relief Called: | Electric bells; return call system. |
| Where is Call System Led: | Between tower & each dwelling; wires in conduits. |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | 3 hours, 40 minutes |
| Intensity in Candles: | 240,000 cp |
| Name of Maker: | Barbier, Benard & Turenne, France |
| Year Made: | 1912 |
| Marks and Number: | #9696 |
| Order of Apparatus: | 2d order. |
| Inside Diameter: | 4' 7.118 |
| Light Characteristic: | Group flashing white light of about 240,000 cp showing a double flash every 10 seconds, thus; Flash 0.2 seconds; Eclipse 2.3 seconds, Flash 0.2 sec., Eclipse 7.3 sec.; Total 10 seconds. |
| Time of Revolution: | 20 seconds |
| Flash Interval: | 2.3 & 7.3 seconds |
| Duration of Flash: | 0.2 & 0.2 seconds |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | 20 (5 to each flash set) |
| Number of Flash Panels: | 4 |
| Arc of Each: | 90 degrees |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 7 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 17 |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 8 |
| Does Apparatus Revolve?: | True |
| Is There a Revolving Belt?: | False |
| Revolving Panels: | |
| How Flash is Produced: | |
| Number of Vertical Elements Panel: | |
| Fixed Lens Covered: | |
| Pedestal: | Cast iron hollow cylinders, supporting the jacking ring & lens table. Entrance to lens by ladder inside pedestal. |
| Service Table: | |
| Draft Tube Description: | None. See drawing of standard 1st order helical bar cylindrical lantern. |
| Revolving Machinery: | |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | Mercury float. |
| Chariot Description: | |
| Length of Drop Tube: | 34' 6" long & 20" diam. |
| Clock Weight: | 503 lbs. |
| Length of Winding Time: | 3 hours, 40 minutes |
| Drive During Rewind: | Yes. |
| Machinery Protection: | Metal case with glass side doors. |
| Regulated: | By thumb crew actuating tension of brake springs & changing weights if necessary. |
| Lens Protection: | No lens cover; Protected by lantern curtains. |
| How Color is Produced: | |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | Type "B" 55mm IOV |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 I.O.V. & 1 4th order stand-by relief lamp |
| Number of Spare Burners: | Fittings in duplicate for above lamps. |
| Candle Power: | 1500 cp. |
| Clock Cord Description |
| Revolving Cord: | 6/19 Galv. flex wire. |
| Size of Clock Cord: | 5/16" |
| Length of Clock Cord: | 130 feet |
| How Led: | From drum to double sheave weight block, up thru single top sheave, down thru double sheave, up to idye at top of shaft. |
| Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: | 11.82" diam. & 6-29/32" long. |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | |
| Diameter of Mantel: | 55mm |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: |
| Mercury Float |
| Inside Diameter of Trough: | 6' 2-3/8" |
| Inside Depth of Trough: | 8-7/8" |
| Outside Diameter of Float: | 6' 2" |
| Depth of Float: | 8-7/8" |
| Weight of Mercury in Pounds: | 260.5 lbs |
| How Often is Mercury Renewed: | Re-filtered semi-annually |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | 2 large cubinet cases with shelves & doors located in basement; work counter joins the 2 cabinets. |
| Oil House Description: | Located 35 yards SE from tower; plain room. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 8' x 8' x 7' high. |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Reenforced concrete throughout. |
| Oil House Capacity: | 360 5 gal. cans. (180 cases of 10 gals each case) |
| Other (Describe): | |
| Suitability: | Dry & very suitable for purpose designed. |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | No fig 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: | Southerly from tower & about 300, 400 & 450 yards distant for same. |
| Coloring: | Natural stone (dark blue) with gray (asbestos slate) roofs. |
| Construction Materials: | Rubble stone esxterior walls; Asbestor slate roofs on wood framing; plastered frame interior partitions. |
| Number of Rooms: | 4 rooms & pantry, bath, storeroom & laundry. |
| Number of Dwellings: | 3 |
| Heating Plant: | None. |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 each dwelling |
| Furnished Quarters: | All |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | None. |
| Outhouses: | Barn & derrick engine house & pump engine house. |
| Outhouse Coloring: | Barn red, others black. |
| Paths and Walks: | Road connecting landing platform, dwellings, tower & outbuildings; graded natural earth. |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | 5 acres |
| Area Cultivated: | 1/20 |
| Character of Surroundings: | Red loam top soil with disintergrating lava rock outcroppings. |
| Stove, Maker: | Michigan |
| Stove, Size: | 8-3A |
| Sink, Maker: | Unknown |
| Sink, Size: | 16" x 28" |
| Pump, Maker: | None. |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: | 2 LH table stand lamps, 2 LH hand lamps, 1 hand lantern. |
| Assistant Keepers Dwellings |
| Location: | Southerly from tower approx. 400 & 450 yards distant from tower. |
| Coloring: | Natural stone (dark blue) with gray asbestor slate roofs. |
| Construction Materials: | Rubble stone exterior walls; asbestor slate roofs on wood framing; plastered frame interior partitions. |
| Number of Rooms: | 4 rooms & pantry, bath, storeroom & laundry. |
| Heating Plant: | None. |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 in each dwelling. |
| Outhouses: | Barn & derrick engine house & pump engine house. |
| Outhouse Coloring: | Barn red, others black. |
| Paths and Walks: | Graded natural earth. |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | |
| Area Cultivated: | |
| Character of Surroundings: | Red loam top soil with disintergrating lava rock out croppings. |
| Stove, Maker: | Garland |
| Stove, Size: | 8 -16. |
| Sink, Maker: | Unknown |
| Sink, Size: | 16" x 28" |
| Pump, Maker: | |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: | 1 LH table stand lamp, 2 LH hand lamps, 2 hand lan |
| Water |
| How Procured: | Drinking water collected in concrete cistern at each dwelling from dwelling roofs. |
| Quality: | Exellent. |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | No. |
| Purity Precaution: | Roofs & leaders cleaned with a cut0off device which allows the first or wash-down water to escape. |
| Tank Capacity: | Keepers cistern 5430gal, 1st & 2nd cisterns ea. 3100 gal., Sanitary water tank, 6216 gals. |
| Tank Material: | Reenforced concrete with ventilated concrete tops with 2 wood coverd hatches. |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Excellent. |
| Diseases: | No |
| Prevalency: | No. |
| Local Causes: | NO. |
| Recommended Improvements: | None. |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Freight hoisted directly out of boats & delivered on landing platform approx 100 ft. above water by a boom derric operated by gas engine driven 2-drum hoist. Passengers use same landing but climb cliff. |
| Distance and Direction: | S by W approx. 800 feet direct or about 1500 feet by roadway. |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Sanitary water supply pumped by vacuum gravity approx. 2 miles by 4 HP "Standard" single sylinder gas engine driving small single sylinder vacuum pump into 6,000 gal. tank & distributed by gravity to tower & dwellings. Pump & tank located on station. |
| Hoisting Engines |
| Hoisting Engine Kind: | 2 cylinder, 4 cycle, gas. |
| Engine RPMs: | 360 rpm |
| Engine Diameter: | |
| Engine Stroke: | |
| Engine Boiler: | |
| Engine Maker and Date: | Union Gas Engine Co. SF, Cal. 1912. |
| Serial Number: | |
| Cylinders and Size: | |
| Horsepower: | |
| Fuel: | |
| Hoist Starter: | |
| Hoist Miscellaneous: |
| Miscellaneous |
| General Information: | No boats at station |
| Boats on Station: |