Report for Point Pinos Light Station (California) - 1907
| General |
| District: | 12th |
| Inspector: | Mrs. Emily A. Fish, Keeper |
| Location: | SW point of Monterey Bay on Point Pinos |
| Date of Report: | 07/02/1907 |
| Latitude: | 36° 37' 55" |
| Longitude: | 121° 56' 02" |
| Premises |
| Site: | SW point of Monterey Bay |
| Date of Reservation: | 03/17/1870 |
| Date of Deed: | 08/22/1901 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | Orig. reservation 25 acres. Additional about 67. |
| Area Inclosed: | About 92 acres |
| Character of Soil: | Sandy |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 1300' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Oval wooden board fence inclosing lighthouse, oil house & shop. Wire fence with wooden top boards incloses reservation. Board fence inclosing barn yard. |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | None |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | Good, gravey road to wharf at Monterey - about 3.5 miles. |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By private conveyance from Monterey. By S.P.RR from 3rd & Townsend Sts, San Francisco to Monterey or Pacific Grove, for passengers or freight & for freight by PCS Ship Co. from San Francisco to Monterey Wharf. |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | To Monterey Wharf - 3.5 miles |
| Distance to Post Office: | 3.5 miles Monterey |
| Distance to Village: | 1 3/4 miles to Pacific Grove |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | Livery stables in Monterey (steamboat landing) & Pacific Grove. |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
| First Built or Established: | February 1, 1855 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | 1906 |
| Condition at This Date: | Good |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Square, in center of dwelling |
| Form of Tower: | Cylindrical above 2nd floor |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 41' ext to ground; 44' to cellar floor. |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 89' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Dark pine forest |
| Color of Tower: | White, lantern black |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Whitewash & black paint |
| Tower Connection: | Circular tower in center of Keeper's dwelling from 2nd floor thru roof to lantern, square foundation. |
| Object of Navigation: | Seacoast & bay, general & local purposes. |
| Building Materials: | Cut stone to 1st floor, then of brick to top of tower window, then reinforced concrete 4' |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | 14" |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 14" |
| Diameter at Base: | 10' sq. with cylindrical central space for stairway - 7' 8" dia. |
| Diameter at Parapet: | 11' 7.5" to corbeled edge; below corbels 10' 1.5" |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Circular wooden stairway & wooden step ladder. |
| Number of Landings: | 3 |
| Size of Glass: | 9 x 12 |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 1 - 29" height x 32" wide. |
| Number of Doors: | 4 door & 2 entrances without doors |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Cut stone, cellar floor 3' 6" below level of gravel |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Sandy, w/ no vegetation or small shrubs. A few pine trees. Some marsh. |
| Soil Susceptibility: | Yes. Native shrubs, lupine etc., have been seeded & encouraged to cover shifting sands. |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | About an acre surrounding lighthouse & dwelling is protected by hedge of Monterey cypress, with lawn & garden flowers. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 3rd |
| Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
| Diameter to Glass: | 8' 7.5" |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | 10 |
| Type of Bars: | Vertical |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 6' |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 2 plates of glass in 1 iron panel 48" high |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | 2 plates of glass in 1 iron panel 48" high |
| Thickness of Plates: | 5/16" |
| Size of Plates: | Upper pane 26 3/8" x 31 3/4"; lower pane 36" x 31 3/4" |
| Number of Storm Panes: | 2 |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Frame & lower panels iron. Dome, ball & frames of lantern panes of brass. |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Brass dome, gutters, pierced cornice & tiger head gargoyles. |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Brass |
| Lightning Spindle: | Copper or brass finial - platinum tipped at top of dome of lantern has been removed. |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | Brass wire rope looped over finial at its base, led to sand outside base of dwelling, has been removed. |
| Balustrade: | Iron balustrade 4' high; circular gallery 2' 5" wide, of which 1' 5" is concrete parapet of tower, balance of wood. |
| Lantern Doors: | Copper trap door in concrete flooring - to tower stairs 1 lower (iron) panel of lantern opens on balcony, fitted as door. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Re-inforced concrete |
| Watchroom Doors: | Copper trap door |
| Parapet Diameter: | 11' 7.5" concrete |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | At base of lower panes. |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | Wooden ladder |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Fitted with Hartshorn rollers. |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | Service room, has service table. |
| How is Relief Called: | Electric wires lead from lantern to laborers room, call bell |
| Where is Call System Led: | To laborers room & to lower part keepers dwelling. |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | Henry LePaute, Paris |
| Year Made: | 1852 |
| Marks and Number: | 2 brass plates with inscriptions |
| Order of Apparatus: | 3rd |
| Inside Diameter: | 39.5" |
| Light Characteristic: | Fixed white light, Funck float |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | 288 degrees |
| Number of Panels: | 4 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 13 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 11 |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | None |
| 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: | Height 31 8/10". Dia. base 18", dia. at top 4" |
| Service Table: | Wood |
| Draft Tube Description: | Copper tube leads thru upper metal ring of lens apparatus - 17" in circumference at top. 14" in circumference at bottom. Damper tube supported by lower inner ledge of connecting tube. |
| 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: | Funck float, 2 wicks |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 3 |
| Candle Power: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | 1 closet in tower, used for storing storm & spare panes, spare burner & stores. |
| Oil House Description: | Placed E of tower & dwelling fitted with wooden shelves. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Of brick with concrete floor, coated outside with cement mortar. |
| Oil House Capacity: | |
| Other (Describe): | 1 in service room for stores. Paint locker, tools & supplies in outside wooden bldg - with brick foundation. |
| Suitability: | Dry, but very crowded for room. |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | Tower in center of keeper's dwelling. |
| Coloring: | White, with red roof, lead color trimmings. |
| Construction Materials: | Cut stone |
| Number of Rooms: | 4 - 1 used as service room - kitchen & cellar below |
| Number of Dwellings: | |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 keeper |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Laborer's room, shop, paint locker, woodshed in 1 bldg, barn |
| Outhouse Coloring: | White, lead colored trimmings, red roof. |
| Paths and Walks: | Paths of cement gravel around dwelling & to gates of inclosure, oil house, storeroom eetc., Road of cement gravel arches the lighthouse inclosure & leads to barn & entrance path of reservation. |
| Area Inclosed: | About 1 acre, inclosed by board, pine & inner hedge of Monterey cypress. |
| Area of Garden: | About 1 acre less space occupied by bldgs & paths. |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | A few Monterey pines about SE end of reservation. |
| Cultivation Area Available: | None |
| Area Cultivated: | Native shrubs, lupine etc., have been seeded |
| Character of Surroundings: | Sandy - some wet ground- mostly shifting sand near sea & bay. Pine trees to E of reservation. |
| Stove, Maker: | |
| Stove, Size: | |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | |
| Pump, Maker: | |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | From Monterey County Water Works; water is now supplied at meter rates & present money allowances not sufficient to pay for necessary water. |
| Quality: | Good |
| Quantity: | Ample could be supplied; good pressure & fire prot |
| Injury Possible: | Not liable. |
| Purity Precaution: | |
| Tank Capacity: | 4000 gal tank on trestle at SE end of reservation. |
| 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: | Generally considered healthful |
| Diseases: | Malaria, rheumatism, la grippe |
| Prevalency: | Rainy season |
| Local Causes: | Dampness of tower & bldg, which has improved in condition. |
| Recommended Improvements: |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Wharf at Monterey - owned by Pacific Coast SS Co. |
| Distance and Direction: | About 3.5 miles SE from lighthouse. |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |