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 Blanco Light Station - 1910

Premises page 2 of 2

Good.

 

Circular.

 

Conical.

 


60'

 


252'

 


Distant hills.

 

White.

 

Whitewash.

 

Detached.

 

Seacoast.

 

Brick.

 

 

 

4' (double wall).

 

2'

 

18' 6"

 

14' 6"

 

Iron.

 

3

 

10" x 14"

 


1: 24" x 46";  3:  24" x 61"

 

2

 


Hard pan, 4'

 


Sandy loam over-lying hardpan & rock.

 

Grass & shrubbery grow but the latter only when sheltered.

 

The site of tower is a level, grassy plot w precipitous cliffs to beach.

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