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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

Killick Shoal Light Station

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Good

square

prismatic

about 42'

about 47' 10"

Buildings, trees & sky

white with lead colored trimmings, green blinds & black lantern.

paint

Lantern tower is on dwelling, forming a lighthouse.

Light is a bay light & an aid to local navigation only.

Lighthouse with its lantern tower is a frame structure, having a screwpile foundation.

about 9"

Lantern tower is square, 8' x 8'

wooden

3 landings besides 2nd floor.

10" x 12"

1 sash 3/8" x 2' 1" x 3' 6"; Total number in lighthouse 13, 5 double sash 12 pane windows, 3 single sash 3 pane windows & 5 single sash 6 pane windows.

11, including 3 basement doors.

Lighthouse rests on cast iron screwpiles. Penetration of piles was designed to be 13' 5" below surface of shoal.

Site is in about 1' of water on Killick Shoal, in Chincoteague Bay, VA.

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Premises | Lantern and Fixtures | Ventilators and Watchroom | Illuminating Apparatus | Closets and Storerooms

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