Report for Nakalele Head Light Station (Hawaii) - 1917

General
District: 14th
Inspector: C. E. Sherman
Location: Northern coast of Maui, T. H.
Date of Report: 03/31/1917
Latitude: 21° 02' 00"
Longitude: 156° 35' 22"
Premises
Site: Purchase.
Date of Reservation: 10/03/1908
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 4.9 acres
Area Inclosed: None
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: 100 yards.
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 landing from Lighthouse tender.
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office: Honokahau is 2 miles.
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Lantern raised by means of a cable to the top of a 22 foot mast.
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1908
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: March, 1917
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: 173 feet.
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Irregular red colored cliffs.
Color of Tower: Service room white, metallic brown roof
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Service room detached
Object of Navigation: Seacoast; local navigation principally.
Building Materials: Service room wood & frame structure.
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Wood step
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass: 20" x 32"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 3 windows in service room, 1; 2' 3'; 2 - 2' 3-5/8" x 2' 2.5"
Number of Doors: 1, 1.5" x 2' 6" x 6' 6"
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: No lantern room
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:
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade:
Lantern Doors:
Floor of Lantern:
Watchroom Doors:
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: No ventilator
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement:
Curtain Hooks / Hanger:


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: No watchroom
How is Relief Called:
Where is Call System Led:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 160 cp
Name of Maker: Barbier, Benard & Turenne.
Year Made: Unknown
Marks and Number: Makers' name only.
Order of Apparatus: Lens lantern.
Inside Diameter: 11-13/16"
Light Characteristic: Fixed white
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 4
Number of Flash Panels: None.
Arc of Each: 360 degrees
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 1
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 3
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 3
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:
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:
Lens Protection:
How Color is Produced:
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: 1-day lens lantern
Type of Illuminant: Kerosene.
Number of Spare Lamps: 1
Number of Spare Burners: 1
Candle Power:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: None
Oil House Description: None.
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe): None.
Suitability:
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: No fog 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: South 30 degrees West of pole. 40 yards.
Coloring: White - Metallic brown roof.
Construction Materials: Wooden frame structure.
Number of Rooms: 3
Number of Dwellings: 1
Heating Plant: None.
Number of Keepers: 1
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: Privy
Outhouse Coloring: White.
Paths and Walks: None.
Area Inclosed: None
Area of Garden:
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
Cultivation Area Available: None.
Area Cultivated: None.
Character of Surroundings: Red earth.
Stove, Maker: New Perfrection
Stove, Size: #3
Sink, Maker: Unknown
Sink, Size: 14" x 22"
Pump, Maker:
Pump, Size:
Lamps: 1 standard table lamp, 2 hand lanterns.
Water
How Procured: Rain water off dwelling roof.
Quality: Fair.
Quantity: Ample.
Injury Possible: No, but slightly brackish after stormy weather.
Purity Precaution: Tank screened & covered.
Tank Capacity: 2000 gallons. 10' from dwelling.
Tank Material: Redwood.
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:
Local Causes:
Recommended Improvements:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Can land from cargo boat in calm weather. Trail from Honokahau to light station.
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: