Report for Makapuu Point Light Station (Hawaii) - 1916
| General |
| District: | 14th |
| Inspector: | F. C. Palmer |
| Location: | On Makapuu Point, SE'ly point of Oahu Island, W'ly side Kaiwi Channel & about 12.5 miles E'ly of entrance to Honolulu harbor. |
| Date of Report: | 02/20/1916 |
| Latitude: | 21° 18' 47" |
| Longitude: | 157° 39' 08" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Public land & purchase |
| Date of Reservation: | 01/14/1907 |
| Date of Deed: | 08/09/1907 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 28.826 acres, PL=9.82 acres, Purchase=7.906 + 11.1 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | None |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | Approx. 400 feet |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | None. |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By wagon road from Honolulu |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | |
| Distance to Post Office: | Honolulu, 15 miles, Waiamanalo PO by trail 5 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: | October 1909 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | Repaired July 1914. |
| 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: | 420 feet |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Dark rugged volcanic rock cliffs & hills. |
| Color of Tower: | White |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
| Tower Connection: | Detached. |
| Object of Navigation: | Seacoast, genreal navigation. |
| Building Materials: | Reenforced concrete. |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
| Diameter at Base: | |
| Diameter at Parapet: | |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Cast iron treads & risers, wrot iron railings. |
| Number of Landings: | |
| Size of Glass: | 12-1/16" x 20" 1/4" plate glass. |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 3 double sash windows; 2' 4.75" x 23" & 24" |
| Number of Doors: | 1 double door of sheet iron. |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | Hyper-radiant. |
| Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
| Diameter to Glass: | |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | 24 |
| Type of Bars: | Vertical |
| Thickness of Bars: | 1.25" |
| Height Glazed: | 12' 0.5" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 3 |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | 3 |
| Thickness of Plates: | 5/16" |
| Size of Plates: | 24-5/8" x 25-5/8"; 24-9/16" x 58-7/8"; 21" x 40"; 21" x 40-3/8" |
| Number of Storm Panes: | |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | Glazed 360 degrees |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron floor, sills, cornice. Bronze sash bars |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Cast iron. |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron. |
| Lightning Spindle: | Bronze, platinum pointed. |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | Parapet floor cast iron with wrot iron hand rail. |
| Lantern Doors: | Bronze 2-pane frame set flush in lantern & hand bolt locked. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron plates with dead lights. |
| Watchroom Doors: | None. Lantern & watch room connected by spiral cast iron open stairway. |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | Set in lantern cornice & sill & in watch room walls. |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | Wrot iron, 1/2" x 2" stringers, double 1/2" round |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Curtains hang on spring rollers. |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | Contains the oil & air pressure tanks, air pump, spare clock weights & call bell & buttons. |
| How is Relief Called: | Electric bell. |
| Where is Call System Led: | Down outside of tower & to ea. dwelling thru 3/8" galv. iron pipe conduit laid underground except over rock. |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | 3.5 hours |
| Intensity in Candles: | 29,000 cp |
| Name of Maker: | F. Barbier & Cie., France |
| Year Made: | 1887 |
| Marks and Number: | BF/85 |
| Order of Apparatus: | Hyper-radiant |
| Inside Diameter: | 8' *.75" |
| Light Characteristic: | Occlting white light showing characteristic, Light,7.5 sec., Eclipse 1.5 sec., |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | 36 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | None. |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 19 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 26 |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 12 |
| 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: | 6 ornamental cast iron columns cupporting lens table & floor with circular stairway into lens. |
| Service Table: | |
| Draft Tube Description: | None in use with IOV apparatus. Tube in place for use with 1st order stand-by lamp connects with chimney & leads into ventilator ball, provided with damper. |
| Revolving Machinery: | |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | |
| Chariot Description: | |
| Length of Drop Tube: | No tube provided. Drop way in center of tower. Approx. 18 ft. clear. |
| Clock Weight: | 121 |
| Length of Winding Time: | 3.5 hours |
| Drive During Rewind: | No. |
| Machinery Protection: | By glass case with hinged doors. |
| Regulated: | By changing the pitch of blades on 2-blade pans (atmospheric) governer. Tension of fans after setting controlled by thumb nuts. |
| Lens Protection: | Yes, by linen cover. |
| How Color is Produced: | |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | Special "A" type, IOV |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 24 spare "A" type vaporizers & 1 stand-by 1st order with 2 burners. |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 24 & 2 as above. |
| Candle Power: | 3,500 cp |
| Clock Cord Description |
| Revolving Cord: | 6/19 galv. flex wite |
| Size of Clock Cord: | 5/32" |
| Length of Clock Cord: | 52 feet |
| How Led: | From drum, horizontally then over pulley & down thru weight sheave & up to hook. |
| Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: | 3-15/16" Dia., 4" long |
| Chariot Balls |
| Balls Description: | V-grooves for screens |
| Cage to Separate Balls: | True |
| Number of Balls: | 3 |
| Diameter of Balls: | 1" |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 3 mantles |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | |
| Diameter of Mantel: | 55mm |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: | 6" diameter |
| Occulting Light |
| Characteristic: | Light 7.5 sec., Eclipse 1.5 seconds. |
| Time Limit: | From approx. half to twice |
| Eclipse Type: | Revolving screens. |
| Size and Amplitude: | |
| Axis Rotation: | Vertical. |
| Axis Relation: | Vertical. |
| Screen Revolution: | Independent. |
| Screen Number: | 3 screens |
| Screen Time: | 27 seconds. |
| Screen Form: | Lune. |
| Screen Mounting: | On open frame work supported on ball bearings. |
| Screen Order: | U.S.L.H.S. 4th order |
| Screen Date: | About 1908. |
| Valve Maker: | |
| Valve Pattern: | |
| Reliability: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | None. |
| Oil House Description: | Approx. 1000 ft. S x W from tower |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 10' 8" x 10' 8" x 6' 2" |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Reenforced concrete. |
| Oil House Capacity: | 500 cans or 250 cases. |
| Other (Describe): | Storeroom, 1000 ft. from tower; 20 feet from oil house, wooden, frame, combination shop & storeroom. |
| Suitability: | Dry & suited. |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | None. |
| 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: | SW'ly approx. 1200 feet from tower. |
| Coloring: | Dark blue natural volcanic rock, red roofs. |
| Construction Materials: | Stone walls, frame floors, partitions & roofs. |
| Number of Rooms: | 4 with bath & pantry & 2 clothes closets. |
| Number of Dwellings: | 3 |
| Heating Plant: | None. |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 in each dwelling |
| Furnished Quarters: | All three |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Barn, storeroom-shop, oilhouse |
| Outhouse Coloring: | Dark blue, red roofs. |
| Paths and Walks: | Rough walks or roadways. |
| Area Inclosed: | None |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | None. |
| Area Cultivated: | None. |
| Character of Surroundings: | Loose rugged volcanic rock with small patches soil. |
| Stove, Maker: | S. O. Co. |
| Stove, Size: | 3 burner, Oil |
| Sink, Maker: | Unknown, Cast iron enamel |
| Sink, Size: | 18" x 25" |
| Pump, Maker: | None. |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: | 1 table lamp, 1 hand lamp, 1 hand lantern. |
| Water |
| How Procured: | By gravity supply from mountain spring about 7.8 miles from station thru 2" pipe line. |
| Quality: | Good. |
| Quantity: | Ample. |
| Injury Possible: | No. |
| Purity Precaution: | None. |
| Tank Capacity: | 2,600 gas. stone tank, about 400 ft. W & above dwellings. |
| Tank Material: | Volcanic rock laid in cement mortar. |
| 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: | None. |
| Prevalency: | No. |
| Local Causes: | No. |
| Recommended Improvements: | None. |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | None. |
| Distance and Direction: | No landing. |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | This station is provided with a wagon & team of mules with fittings for transportation & hauling between station & Honolulu. |