Pages Rock Light Station (Virginia)

District:	5th
Inspector:	H.W. Schleiter
Location:	In 1.5 fathoms on point of shoal off Sandy Point Point, York River, VA.
Date of Report:	12/30/1938
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Site:	State of VA to US by act of General Assembly
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:	01/03/1892
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site:	5 acres
Area Inclosed:
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark:	5/8 nautical mile
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:	Boat
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Means Used for Support of Lantern:	Wooden tower
Number of Separate Lights:	1
First Built or Established:	1893
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
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Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water:	41'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea:	Trees & sky
Color of Tower:	White, lantern - black
Color of Tower/ How Produced:	Paint
Tower Connection:	1 structure
Object of Navigation:	Local navigation
Building Materials:	Wood & iron
General Description:
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Kind of Stairway and Steps:	Iron ladders to main deck, spiral stairway to lantern
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Order of Lantern:	4th
Shape of Lantern:	8 sides
Diameter to Glass:
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Number of Sides:	8
Type of Bars:	Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed:
Number of Plates in Height:	One
Number of Plates Each Side:	One
Thickness of Plates:	1/4"
Size of Plates:	34 3/4" x 36 5/8"
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern:	None
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern:	Wood & iron
Construction Material Roof / Cowl:	Copper
Ventilator / Cowl:	Copper
Lightning Spindle:	Copper
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade:	Wood
Lantern Doors:	Hung on brass hinges outside
Floor of Lantern:	Wood - tongue & grooved Y.P.
Watchroom Doors:	None
Parapet Diameter:

Location / Number:	Lower part of lantern
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement:	None
Curtain Hooks / Hanger:	Screwed into cornice ceiling

Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:	490 white, 150 red
Name of Maker:	Sautter, Harle & Cie, Paris
Year Made:	1893
Marks and Number:	No. 353
Order of Apparatus:	4th order
Inside Diameter:	19 3/4"
Light Characteristic:
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Number of Panels:	4
Number of Flash Panels:
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Number of Elements in Central Drum:	6
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum:	6
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum:	3
Does Apparatus Revolve?:	False
Is There a Revolving Belt?:	False
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Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal:	Cast iron
Service Table:
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Lens Protection:
How Color is Produced:	Red glass
Red Sectors Description:	321 - 329.5 & 147 - 150.5
Where Color Attached:	To lantern
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description:	4th order Aladdin
Type of Illuminant:	Kerosene
Number of Spare Lamps:	1 standby lamp - Aladdin
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power:	White, 490 cp

Tower Closet Use:	None
Oil House Description:	3 - 275 gallon storage tanks under main house
Oil House Inside Dimension:
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Other (Describe):	6 closets on 1st floor; 4 storerooms on 2nd floor
Suitability:	Dry

Fog Signal Kind:	Operated by weight activated striker with paddle type speed governor
Time to Start:	1 min
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Characteristic:	1 stroke every 15 sec.
Duplication:	None
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location:	100 yds E of channel
Distance and Direction:	15' toward channel from light
Water Supply:	None
Reached from Lighthouse:	By ladder from deck
Description of Fog Signal Building:	2nd floor of Keepers quarters on channel side. Bell located directly outside 2nd floor window on channel side of house.
Pressure And Recording Gauge:

Location:	1 structure
Coloring:	White on brown cast iron piles - red roof, black lantern
Construction Materials:	Wood & iron
Number of Rooms:	7
Number of Dwellings:
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Number of Keepers:	2
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Outhouses:	None
Outhouse Coloring:
Paths and Walks:	None
Area Inclosed:
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Cultivation Area Available:	None
Area Cultivated:	None
Character of Surroundings:	Woods & sandy soil
Stove, Maker:	B.C. Bibb Stove Co.
Stove, Size:	No. 15 Magnum
Sink, Maker:
Sink, Size:	12" x 20" inside
Pump, Maker:	None
Pump, Size:
Lamps:	2 table

How Procured:	Rain water from roof of lighthouse structure
Quality:	Good
Quantity:	Ample
Injury Possible:	Not liable
Purity Precaution:	Roof kept clean
Tank Capacity:	2 steel 30" x 72"; 2 wood 30" x 67" inside
Tank Material:	Wood - 2; steel - 2
Distilling Apparatus:	False
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General Information:
Boats on Station:	On davits