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. Glass properly wiped & clear of webs; dome well cleaned.

 

In good condition. The lens perfectly clean in all its parts.

 

Clean outside & inside. Glass chimney free from dust & stains.

 

A specimen examined & found to be free from dust & soot etc.

 

It was free from gummy or burnt oil, & in good order in all respects.

 

Found the burner on a level.

 

It was clean, free from scratches or stains, though one pane was cracked.

 

The lens cover was on; was clean & made of linen ticking. When removed from the lens is hung up in the lantern room.

 

There were no lantern curtains.

 

There was no alarm bell.

 

There was no rod lamp.

 

 

 

There was a ladder for a stairway painted & in good order.

 

Paint, inside the bldg was in good condition.

 

The glazing is in good condition.

 

There did not appear to be any needed.

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Lens:

 

Lantern and Trap Doors:

 

Watch or Trimming Room:
 

 

Lucernes or Matches:

 

Heater:

 

Ventilation:

 

Dome:

A small step ladder is provided. The lens is never touched in this way.

 

There is no lantern door. Trap door to lantern fits tightly.

 

There were some cleaning rags in the trimming room; the impropriety of having them there was pointed out to the assistant Keeper.

 

There were none seen in the lantern, watch or trimming rooms.

 

There was no heater.

 

The assistant understands the use of the ventilators & how to air the bldg.

 

The dome of the lantern was painted according to instructions & was in good order together with the conductor which was led into the water.

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:

 

 

2 - 60 gallons

 

none

 

No buckets; 3 dripping pans.

 

2 - 120 gallons

Oil butts made according to regulation:

 

Oil butt covers:
 

 

Drip Bucket Placement:

 

Oil Butt Platform:

 

Empty Oil Butts:

Made according to the Direction of the Lighthouse Board.

 

The gutters of the oil butts were filled with refuse oil, & the covers properly placed to exclude the air. Air cocks closed.

 

There was a dripping pan instead.

 

The oil butts were placed upon a box & raised several inches above the floor.

 

There was no empty oil butt.

General Information: