Report for Kukui Laele (Hawaii) - 1911

General
District: 19th
Inspector: F. C. Palmer, Asst. Supt.
Location: NE'ly coast, Island of Hawaii
Date of Report: 12/20/1911
Latitude: 20° 08' N
Longitude: 155° 32.5' W
Premises
Site: Purchase
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 12/06/1911
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: .4 acres
Area Inclosed: 1600 sq. ft.
Character of Soil: Rich loam with rock out-croppings
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: Approx 500'
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: Wire fence
Wharf or Landing on Premises: None
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: Conveyance from Laupahoehoe landing & from Kauai Lae landing.
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office: 1/2 mile
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Skeleton pyramidal iron tower supported by cast iron service room.
Number of Separate Lights: One
First Built or Established: December 15, 1911
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: 159'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Cane fields - green
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: No dwelling
Object of Navigation: Seacoast, for local navigation.
Building Materials: Cast iron & 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: No windows
Number of Doors: 1 into service room 2' 11 7/8" x 6' 4 1/4"
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 300 mm AGA 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: None
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade:
Lantern Doors:
Floor of Lantern:
Watchroom Doors:
Parapet Diameter:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 235
Name of Maker: American Gas Accumulator Co.
Year Made:
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: 300 mm AGA lens lantern
Inside Diameter: 300 mm
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 1 - 360 degree lens
Number of Flash Panels: None
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 1
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 4
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 4
Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
Revolving Panels:
How Flash is Produced: By AGA flasher, Dalen's 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: Gas light
Number of Spare Lamps: None - light unwatched
Number of Spare Burners: 3 spare gas tips
Candle Power: 27 cp


Compressed Gas
Gas Container: 4 No. A-50 AGA accumulators
Compressed Gas Capacity: 212 cu ft.
Compressed Gas Charge: 176 to 200 according to temperature
How Supply Renewed: By exchanging recharged accumulators
At What Intervals: About every 300 days
Spare Containers: 1


Gas Light
Gas Light Kind: Compressed acetylene
Gas Light Number of Burners:
Kind of Burner: 5/8 cu ft. gas tip with pilot attachment
Candlepower Per Burner: 27 (235 with 300 mm lens)
Total Candlepower:
Consumption Gas Burner Per Hour: .10125 cu ft
Total Consumption Per Hour: .10125 cu. ft.
How Gas Obtained: Accum. filled w/ compressed acetylene in acetone


Occulting Light
Characteristic: .5 sec light, 3.5 sec eclipse
Time Limit: From about .26 sec light to about 6.5 sec light
Eclipse Type: 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 flasher
Valve Pattern: Single flashing
Reliability: Yes
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: 3' 3" x 3' 3" service room of cast iron supporting skeleton tower is used for storage of 4 gas tanks, with fittings, gauges, wrenches, etc.
Oil House Description:
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe):
Suitability:
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Healthful by damp from continued rains.
Diseases: None prevalent
Prevalency:
Local Causes:
Recommended Improvements:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Landing is a wire cableway used only by steamers in local waters, espec'ly fitted to pick it up & is for freight use only. Coast along vicinity affords no boat landings owing to continual heavy seas & vert. high cliffs. Landing is abt. 1/2 mile from tower
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: