Report for Nawiliwili Harbor (Hawaii) - 1916

General
District: 19th
Inspector: L.E. Bailey, F. A. Edgecomb, F. C. Palmer
Location: On Ninini Point, N side of entrance to Nawiliwili Harbor, Kauai Island, HI
Date of Report: 02/06/1916
Latitude: 21° 57' 20"
Longitude: 159° 20' 21"
Premises
Site: Conditional lease dated April 16, 1897. Lihue Plantation Co., to Minister of Interior Republic of Hawaii
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease: 04/18/1897
Area of the Entire Site: 3.4 acres
Area Inclosed: 3.4 acres
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: Approx. 75'
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: Stone wall
Wharf or Landing on Premises: None
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: Wagon road, part plantation owned & part public
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office: 3 miles, Lihue P.O.
Distance to Village: 3 miles, Lihue
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Wood mast, 8" x 8" x 34'
Number of Separate Lights: One
First Built or Established: Sometime previous to April, 1897. Exact time not known
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: Repaired January 1915
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: 65'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Gradually rising land covered with sugar cane & few trees.
Color of Tower: Mast end service room white with lead trim.
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: No tower, dwelling a separate structure from service house.
Object of Navigation: Seacoast, general & local navigation.
Building Materials: Mast of wood.
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Galv. spikes in mast for climbing rungs.
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass: No tower; service house windows common glass panes 8" x 12"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 2 in service house, double sash, O. A. single 2' 3" x 4' 6"
Number of Doors: 1 in service house 2' 4" x 6' x 1 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: Lens lantern 360 degree lens.
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:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 160
Name of Maker: Barbier, Benard & Turenne
Year Made: Unknown
Marks and Number: None
Order of Apparatus: Lens Lantern
Inside Diameter: 11 13/16"
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 4
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 1
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 3 fixed
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 3 fixed
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: Lens lantern lamp
Type of Illuminant: Kerosene oil
Number of Spare Lamps: 1
Number of Spare Burners: 1
Candle Power: 35
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use:
Oil House Description: Approx. 300' NW of light. Plain room.
Oil House Inside Dimension: 6' x 6' x 6' 6"
Oil House Construction Material: Wood with G.I. roof
Oil House Capacity: 150 5-gal cans
Other (Describe): Storeroom shed approx. 300' W of light
Suitability: Dry, suited.
Dwelling
Location: 300' N'ly
Coloring: White walls, lead trim, metallic brown roof.
Construction Materials: Wood with galv. corrugated iron roof.
Number of Rooms: 3
Number of Dwellings: 1
Heating Plant: None
Number of Keepers: 1
Furnished Quarters: Only 1 keeper
NOT Furnished Quarters: None
Outhouses: Oil house, storeroom, privy
Outhouse Coloring: White, red roofs
Paths and Walks: None
Area Inclosed:
Area of Garden:
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
Cultivation Area Available: None
Area Cultivated: None
Character of Surroundings: Soil with hard volcanic rock outcroppings
Stove, Maker: Detroit Jewel Stove Works
Stove, Size: B1 - 16
Sink, Maker: C. I. enamel
Sink, Size: 6" x 16" x 30"
Pump, Maker: None
Pump, Size:
Lamps: 2 L.H. table, 1 Deitz # 1 hand lantern
Water
How Procured: By gravity supply thru pipe from Lihue Plantation.
Quality: Fair
Quantity: Ample
Injury Possible: No
Purity Precaution:
Tank Capacity:
Tank Material:
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: No
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Landing at port of Nawiliwili, thence by road approx. 3 miles to station. Landing on rocks at station can sometimes by made during unusual smooth weather.
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Survey for right-of-way for roadway from reservation to public road just completed. Proceedings for acquisition of reservation & right-of-way under way.