p-1 1910 YH Descriptive Pamphlet

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p-1 1910 YH Descriptive Pamphlet

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Fog Signal—Continued. 130. Disk or cylindrical siren, _________; diameter of revolving part, _________; when made, _____________; by whom made, ________________; number, width, and length of ports, ____________; revelations per minute, _______; type of governor, _________; condition of revolving part, ______________ 131. Daboll trumpet, _______. Reed, _______; length, __________; breadth, ___________; thickness at base, ________________; thickness at tip, ____________ 132. Trumpet: Length, _________; diameters, _____________; material, ______________ 133. Timing device, _______________________________ 134. Height of whistle or trumpet above mean high water, ______________________ 135. Direction, true, in which trumpet points, _______________________ 136. If signal is blown by compressed air, describe compressing machinery: Kind of engine, _____________; by whom made, ______________; when made, ______; normal size, __________; horsepower, ___________; kind of compressor, ____________; name of maker, ___________ State if compressor is on same bed and geared with engine, or separate and belt-driven:______________________________ 137. Location, with reference to light-house, to a particular danger or channel, or to the special object for which established: ___________________________________________________ 138. Distance and direction, true, from light-house, ____________________________________ 139. Water supply for it, __________________________________________________________ 140. How is it reached from the light-house? _________________________________________ 141. Description for fog-signal building or buildings: ___________________________________

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Dwellings For Keepers. 142. Location with reference to light-house tower: 70 feet easterly of tower 143. Coloring: White, brown roofs, lead color trimmage 144. Materials of which built, Brick basement, frame and shingle roofs 145. Number of rooms in each dwelling, Seven 146. Number of keepers and assistants to each dwelling, One to each, 2nd assistant lives in workshop 147. Outhouses, One barn, one chicken house, one store house, one wagon shed, one double privy woodshed attached to dwelling 148. Coloring: White, brown roofs, lead color trimmage 149. Paths of walks on the premises, Cement around dwellings to town 150. Area of premises inclosed, and how: 12.08 acres inclosed with wirefences 151. Area of garden, About ¼ acre 152. Area in timber or shrubbery, None 153. Area susceptible of profitable cultivation, About 2/3 of reservation 154. Area cultivated or prepared for cultivation, About ¼ acre

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Dwellings For Keepers—Continued. 155. Character of adjacent surrounding country—Soil, sandy, clay, marsh, swamp, wood, fast ground, or shifting sands: Sandy Water For Fog Signal, Drinking, And Domestic Uses Generally. 156. how procured, From roofs 157. Quality, Good 158. Quantity ample or not for the station at all seasons of the year, Sufficient 159. Liable or not to be injured by the inroads of storm tides and seas, Not liable 160. If rain water in tanks or cisterns, what precautions have been taken to insure its purity? Brick filter walls 161. Capacity of tanks or cisterns, and where placed: 1 cistern 11,000 gal., 1 cistern 11850 gal., 1 redwood tank at barn 3,000 gal. 162. Tanks or cisterns—Of what material made: Brick, cement lined 163. Is there a distilling apparatus at the station? No Name of maker:______________; Capacity,___________________; when installed,_______________; condition,_________; Efficiency,_____________________ 164. If from a well, describe and give depth: _________________________________________ 165. Diameter, _________________________________________________________________ 166. Lined or not, _______________________________________________________________ 167. Water obtained by pump or bucket, By pump in Keeper’s dwelling 168. Distance from keeper’s dwelling, _______________________________________________

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Healthfulness Of The Light-Station And Vicinity. 169. General opinion in regard to the healthfulness or unhealthfulness of the light=station and vicinity: Good 170. Diseases—what are most prevalent at the station and in the vicinity? None 171. Do they prevail at particular seasons of the year, or not? ___________________________ 172. Are there any local causes, such as swamps, marshes, etc., in the immediate vicinity of the lighthouse which are likely to be the cause of these diseases? None 173. Would draining or other artificial means employed on the light-house premises be likely to improve the sanitary condition of the light-station? No

Landing, Wharf, Boathouse, And Road To The Light-House. 174. Describe: Landing on beach about 500 feet easterly of tower

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Landing, Wharf, Boathouse, Etc.—Continued. 175. Distance and direction from light-house: About 500 feet easterly of tower 176. Hoisting engine, what kind? None Number of revolutions per minute, ________; diameter of cylinder, __________; Stroke, _________; Kind of boiler: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 177. Miscellaneous Remarks Upon The General Character and Condition Of The Premises, Towers, Buildings, And Illuminating Apparatus At This Date. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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