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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In good order

 

Lens was perfectly clean in all its parts.

 

In good condition in all respects.

 

Sample examined & found to be clear & free from all objectionable matter. It had not been
filtered.

 

It was in good condition in all respects.

 

It was found to be level. Keeper understands how to center it.

 

Very clean, free from scratches but some of the panes are cracked.

 

It was on & clean, made of linen ticking & hung up in lantern room when not in use.

 

There were none.

 

There was no alarm bell.

 

There was no Rod lamp.

 

It was in good condition, thoroughly whitewashed.

 

Clean & whitewashed.

 

Newly whitewashed.

 

It is in good condition.

 

A boat house, & a conductor to the dwelling are needed.

 

They are in good condition, clean & whitewashed.

 

 

 

They are in very good condition. They have the appearance of neatness & care.

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Lens:

 

Lantern and Trap Doors:

 

Watch or Trimming Room:

 

Lucernes or Matches:
 

 

Heater:

 

Ventilation:

 

Dome:

Lens is never touched for any improper purpose.

 

These doors fit tightly.

 

There were none to be seen lying about at the time of making the inspection.

 

There were some matches to be seen in the tower. The keeper was admonished in regard to the impropriety.

 

Keeper knows how & when to use the heater.

 

Keeper knows how to use the ventilators & how to air the bldg.

 

Dome was painted according to instructions. Conductor perfect & led into the ground.

Equipment Care

Does Keeper Understand the Use and Care of:

Oil Room:

 

Oil Carriers:

In good condition, 1 window for ventilation.

 

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:

none

 

3

 

1

 

3

 

3, holding 150 gallons.

Oil butts made according to regulation:

 

Oil butt covers:
 

 

Drip Bucket Placement:

 

Oil Butt Platform:

 

Empty Oil Butts:

They were made according to the directions of the Lighthouse Board.

 

Gutters of oil butts were filled with refuse oil & covers on. Keeper understands use of covers & cocks.

 

There were dripping buckets so hung.

 

There was a plank between the oil butts & the masonry.

 

There was 1 empty oil butt clean & held in readiness for the new supply of oil.

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