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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

Fairway Island Light Station

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good

hexagonal

pyramidal

9' 6"

37'

Sun from N or S in Chatham Straits appears against dark timber background

white

paint

detached

Local navigating & more particularly vessels entering or leaving Peril Strait.

Concrete foundation, wooden superstructure.

6" concrete

4" superstructure frame

4' across faces of hexagon

3' 4" at base of parapet

none

1 in frame structure, 1' 6" x 3'

concrete 2' deep

rocky

Around buildings, about 1' soil has been spread which grows grass.

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