Report for Murderkill River Front Light (Delaware) - 1907

General
District: 4th
Inspector: H. Bamber, Assistant Engineer, & others
Location: Located on the northwesterly bank of Murderkill River, westerly side of Delaware Bay
Date of Report: 12/08/1907
Latitude: 39° 03' 27"
Longitude: 75° 23' 37"
Premises
Site: Permission to occupy
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission: 04/24/1895
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site:
Area Inclosed: None
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: Post is in the river bank below high water mark.
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises: None
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: No wharf
Means to Reach Light Station: By steam boat to Bowers, Del. or by railroad to Dover, Del. & thence by private conveyance to Bowers, Del.
Distance to Nearest Road: Light is on the river end of Hubbard Ave. about 50' from Bowers Steamboat Landing. Distance to RR station at Dover about 14 miles by road.
Distance to Post Office: Bowers, 1100 feet
Distance to Village: Light is in Bowers, Del.
Facilities for Public Conveyance: A small steamboat runs from Philadelphia to Bowers
Facilities for Private Conveyance: There are livery stables in Dover, distance about 14 miles by road
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Lantern post only
Number of Separate Lights: One
First Built or Established: 1895
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
Condition at This Date: Good, except that supporting post is not firm
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Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 8' 0"
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Buildings
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection:
Object of Navigation: Channel & range for local navigating purposes.
Building Materials: Wood
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Miscellaneous Remarks: Post stands in river, very close to the line of an adjacent wharf. Vessels moor within a few feet of it.
Illuminating Apparatus
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Name of Maker: Not known
Year Made: Not known
Marks and Number: None, except district marks
Order of Apparatus: Post lantern
Inside Diameter: 6 3/4"
Light Characteristic: Fixed white
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Arc of Each Fixed Part: 360 degrees
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Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
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How Color is Produced: No color
Red Sectors Description: No red sectors
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Lamp Description: Post lantern with chimney, single wick
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Number of Spare Lamps: One lantern with lamp.
Number of Spare Burners: None
Candle Power:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: No tower
Oil House Description: Oil is kept in the warehouse of th Philadelphia & Freerica Steamboat Navigation Company whose agent tends the lamp.
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Other (Describe): No closets or storerooms.
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Healthfulness
General Opinion: Healthful
Diseases: None (Keeper)
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Miscellaneous Remarks: The general character & condition of the post & illuminating appartus was apparently good except that, owing to the wearing of the bank of the river, the pile to which the post is attached, is not as firm as it should be.