Lantern:
Illuminating Apparatus:
Service Lamp:
Oil:
Service Lamp Burner:
Service Lamp Burner Level:
Plate Glass:
Lens Cover:
Lantern Curtains:
Carillon or Alarm Bell:
Rod Lamp:
Dwelling:
Stairway and Landing:
Inside of tower:
Glazing of Dwelling:
Improvements Needed:
Outhouses:
Boathouse:
Grounds:
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Fort Carroll Light Station - 1867
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In good condition.
Lens was perfectly clean & appeared to receive great care.
In good condition in all respects.
In clean condition & free from all objectionable matter.
Clean & well trimmed according to the Instructions.
It deviated slightly from the level.
Clean, but one pane was badly broken.
It was on, was clean made of cotton ticking & kept in the lantern room when not in use.
none
No alarm bell.
no rod lamp
Very good.
Very good
None that I know of.
none
none
There are no grounds.
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Lens:
Lantern and Trap Doors:
Watch or Trimming Room:
Lucernes or Matches:
Heater:
Ventilation:
Dome:
It is not allowed to touch the lens improperly.
There is no lantern door; the trap door fits tightly.
There were none of these to be seen during the inspection.
None of these things were to be seen during the inspection.
The Keeper knows how to use the heater.
The Keeper understands the use of the ventilators.
They were painted according to Instructions. There was no lightning rod.
Equipment Care
Does Keeper Understand the Use and Care of:
Oil Room:
Oil Carriers:
In good condition; apparently no waste of oil.
In good condition & arranged in order for use.
Oil Room
Condition of:
Number of:
100 gallon oil:
50 gallon oil:
Small butts for Waste Oil:
Dripping Buckets:
Oil Tanks:
2
2
2, holding 100 gallons
Oil butts made according to regulation:
Oil butt covers:
Drip Bucket Placement:
Oil Butt Platform:
Empty Oil Butts:
They are so made.
Gutters of the oil butts were filled. Keeper understands use of covers & air cocks.
yes
Oil butts are placed upon a raised platform.
There was no empty oil butt.
General Information: