Report for Molokai Light Station (Hawaii) - 1916
| General |
| District: | 19th |
| Inspector: | F. C. Palmer |
| Location: | North point of Makanalua peninsula on north coast of Molokai Island, T.H. |
| Date of Report: | 02/12/1916 |
| Latitude: | 21° 12' 45" |
| Longitude: | 156° 58' 25" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Public Land |
| Date of Reservation: | 10/29/1908 |
| Date of Deed: | |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 21.6 A. |
| Area Inclosed: | All |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | About 2000' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | 5 wires, R.W. posts |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | None |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By wagon road from Kalaupapa (Leper) Settlement; |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | |
| Distance to Post Office: | Post Office at Kalaupapa Settlement |
| Distance to Village: | |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
| Number of Separate Lights: | One |
| First Built or Established: | September, 1910 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | Repainted, June 1913 |
| 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: | 213' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | High mountains, steep cliffs |
| Color of Tower: | White |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
| Tower Connection: | Detached |
| Object of Navigation: | Seacoast land-fall light; general navigation. |
| Building Materials: | Reinforced concrete |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
| Diameter at Base: | |
| Diameter at Parapet: | |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Reinforced concrete with pipe railing. |
| Number of Landings: | |
| Size of Glass: | 13" x 21 5/8" & 6 3/8" x 10 11/16" (1 & 4 of each resp. in each window) |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 9; 1' 4.5" x 4.5" |
| Number of Doors: | 1; 2 1/4" x 3' 1 1/4" x 7' 8 1/8" with art sash upper panel. |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | First order std. helical bar cylindrical lantern. |
| Shape of Lantern: | Cylindrical |
| Diameter to Glass: | 12' 5 1/8" |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | |
| Type of Bars: | Helical |
| Thickness of Bars: | See drawings std lantern |
| Height Glazed: | 9' 8 7/8" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 2.5 diagonal squares |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | 10 around circumference |
| Thickness of Plates: | 5/16" |
| Size of Plates: | 2' 8.796" x 2' 8.796" sq. bent diag. on R 6' 2.646" diag odd sizes. See std drawings for details |
| Number of Storm Panes: | |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | Glazed 360 degrees |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron sills, cornice & roof, sash bars just bronze, pinnacle bronze platinum tipped. |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Cast iron, conical with wrought iron hand rail. |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron |
| Lightning Spindle: | 1/8" x 1.5" copper strip lead up tower to lantern sill. Bronze platinum pointed pinnacle on top of ventilator ball. |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | Lantern gallery reinforced concrete with pipe hand railing. |
| Lantern Doors: | 1 with 2 panels of glass. Let in flush with lantern sash, hung with 2 hinges & lock with 2 rods. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Steel checkered plates supported on 6" steel "I" beams. |
| Watchroom Doors: | Open steel ladder steps leading from watchroom to lantern floor. |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | In watchroom wall & others in lantern walls. |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | 1, iron, 3/8" x 2" stringers, 1/2" dia. rungs. |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | None, Curtains mounted on spring rollers. |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | Lens clock, IOV tank & pump, service & tool table, time clock, call bell & call buttons, work tools & equipment. |
| How is Relief Called: | Electric bell wires. |
| Where is Call System Led: | Thru conduit down inside of tower to base, out & to each dwelling. Partly ditched except over rock. |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | 2 hr. 45 min. |
| Intensity in Candles: | 620,000 |
| Name of Maker: | Chance Bros & Co., Ltd., England |
| Year Made: | 1907 |
| Marks and Number: | U.S.L.H.E. 211 |
| Order of Apparatus: | 2nd order bi-valve on mercury float |
| Inside Diameter: | 1400 mm |
| Light Characteristic: | |
| Time of Revolution: | 20 sec |
| Flash Interval: | 9 3/4 sec. |
| Duration of Flash: | 1/4 sec. |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | 26 (13 to each flash panel) |
| Number of Flash Panels: | 2 |
| Arc of Each: | 180 degrees |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 7 in each bulls eye |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 18 flash |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 7 flash |
| 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: | Conical, hollow, of cast iron, supporting jack ring, float & lens table. |
| Service Table: | |
| Draft Tube Description: | No draft tube (I.O.V. lamp) |
| Revolving Machinery: | |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | Mercury float |
| Chariot Description: | |
| Length of Drop Tube: | 13-3/8" x 13-3/8" x 45' 6" |
| Clock Weight: | 165 lbs |
| Length of Winding Time: | 2 hr. 45 min. |
| Drive During Rewind: | Yes |
| Machinery Protection: | Not protected. Clock is large open frame model. Protection not required. |
| Regulated: | By Slight's governor, tension regulated by thumb screw. |
| Lens Protection: | Linen cover |
| How Color is Produced: | |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | "B" type 55 MM iOV single tank |
| Type of Illuminant: | I.O.V. |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 complete "B" type IOV lamp with fittings |
| Number of Spare Burners: | Attached to lamp. |
| Candle Power: | 1500 |
| Clock Cord Description |
| Revolving Cord: | 6/19 galv. flex., steel wire |
| Size of Clock Cord: | 3/16" |
| Length of Clock Cord: | 155' |
| How Led: | From clock drum down vert. into weight shaft to sheave & return to eye in under side of weight cap plate. |
| Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: | 6" dia., 7 7/8" long. |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 55 mm mantle |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | |
| Diameter of Mantel: | 55 mm |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: |
| Mercury Float |
| Inside Diameter of Trough: | 4' 3/4" |
| Inside Depth of Trough: | 10" |
| Outside Diameter of Float: | 5' 3.5" |
| Depth of Float: | 10.5" |
| Weight of Mercury in Pounds: | Approx. 250 |
| How Often is Mercury Renewed: | Filtered every 6 months |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | None, storage space provided by shelves in service room. |
| Oil House Description: | Approx. 300' N'ly from tower, plain, 1 room concrete structure. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 8' x 8' x 7' |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Reinforced concrete |
| Oil House Capacity: | 128 cases of 2 cans each, or 1280 gallons. |
| Other (Describe): | 1 store-room - shop bldg, 20' from tower fitted with work bench, shelves & glass racks. |
| Suitability: | Dry & suitable for requirements |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | Westerly from tower approx. 130, 150 & 160 yards distant. |
| Coloring: | 2 are painted light gray, lead trim & red roofs - 1 is natural stone (dark blue) with gray asbestos shingle roof. |
| Construction Materials: | 2 of frame construction; 1 of rubble stone with wood frame addition (1927) |
| Number of Rooms: | 4 & bath & pantry. |
| Number of Dwellings: | 3 |
| Heating Plant: | None. |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 in each dwelling |
| Furnished Quarters: | All 3 keepers. |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | None |
| Outhouses: | Barn 150 yds in front; 2 sheds in rear of dwellings. |
| Outhouse Coloring: | Light gray, red roofs. |
| Paths and Walks: | Paths from dwellings to tower & oil house. |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | 2 acres |
| Area Cultivated: | 1/10 A |
| Character of Surroundings: | Rocky with small patches of soil. |
| Stove, Maker: | S. O. Co. (3) |
| Stove, Size: | 3 burner (3) |
| Sink, Maker: | Standard vitreous enameled iron (3) |
| Sink, Size: | 18" x 37" x 6" (3) |
| Pump, Maker: | |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: | 3 table lamps, 3 hand lamps, 3 lanterns |
| Water |
| How Procured: | By pipeline (about 2 miles) from Leper Settlement supply main |
| Quality: | Good |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | No |
| Purity Precaution: | |
| Tank Capacity: | Tank 12,000 gal 100' SW from tower |
| Tank Material: | Reinforced concrete |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Good, but except for lighthouse reservation, surrounding section is used exclusively as leper settlement |
| Diseases: | Leprosy |
| Prevalency: | |
| Local Causes: | No |
| Recommended Improvements: | No |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Boat landing at Kalaupapa Leper Settlement about 2.5 miles SW from station with good dirt road to same. |
| Distance and Direction: | Approx. 2.5 miles SW |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Owing to location of station within confines of Leper Settlement, stringent restrictions require Keepers to remain upon small reservation, station life is similar to isolated off-shore station & as such, pay & leave for this station should be revised. |