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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:

Background of lighthouse as seen from sea:

Color of tower:

Color of tower/ how produced:

Tower connection:

Object for navigation:

Building materials:

General desc:

Wall thickness at base:

Wall thickness at parapet:

Diameter at base:

Diameter at parapet:

Kind of stairway and steps:

Number of landings:

Size of glass:

Number of windows and size of sash:

Number of doors:

Kind of foundation and depth below surface:

Character of soil surrounding the lighthouse:

Soil susceptibility:

Misc remarks:

Lighthouse Inspection Reports Database

Cape Arago Light Station - 1910

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Good.

Lower half: square; upper half: octagonal.

Pyramidal.

42' 9-1/2"

86'

Dark timber from northward; distant hills from southward.

White.

Paint.

Detached, connected with fog-signal building.

Seacoast & harbor.

Wood, concrete foundation.

10"

7' 10-1/2" square inside

7' 10-1/2" Octoagonal inside

Wooden, circular, around central column.

18' x 22"; 18" x 20"; 16" x 20"

1: 41" x 27"; 1: 40" x 25"; 1: 20" x 46"; 2: 20" x 25"

Concrete, 4' to sandstone

Sandy loam mixed w shells.

Grass, shrubbery or trees.

Additional deed 9/11/1854. Tower connected w fog-signal building at the rear; the outside walls covered w shingles. Surface of site slightly rising from south to north.

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