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Cape Flattery Light Station - 1910

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Steam Boiler:

 

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Tube:

 

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1 boiler brickset, 1/2 arch front; 1 boiler brick set, full arch front; both 42" dia, 12' lont

 

Cylindrical shell tubular brick set externally fired

 

Flue tubes

 

12'

 

42"

 

 

 

N Boiler - 36 tubes, 12' long; S Boiler - 42 tubes, 12' long

 

3"

 

brick

 

N 42"; S 48"

 

N 48"; S 52"

 

N 18.5"; S 23.5"

 

N 381 sq. ft.; S 441 sq. ft.

 

N 12.7 sq. ft.; S 16.7 sq. ft.

 

N boiler 35 single bars; S boiler 19 double bars

 

Single web bars - N boiler; Double web bars - S.

 

Bituminous domestic

 

N - weight loaded; S - pop valve, waynes safety

 

100 lbs

 

75 lbs

 

Brick stack 23" x 26" inside with 20" dia. sheet iron exterior.

 

50' to top of extension.

 

N 32" high; S 40" high

 

N 24"; S 29"

 

Boilers brick set & covered with brick

 

Fair

 

N - 1893; S - 1897

 

Erie City, PA

 

N - Erie City Boiler Works; S - PA Boiler Works

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N- vertical; S - old style horizontal

 

N - 200 rpms; S - 90 rpms.

 

N - 3"; S - 4"

 

N - 5"; S - 10"

 

N - 3/4"; S - 1"

 

unknown

 

N - NY; S received from Tompkinsville, NY

 

N - NY Safety Steam Power Co.; S received from Tompkinsville, NY

Steam Signal

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Whistle chime:

12"

 

32" over all

 

3"

 

single