p-1 1910 YH Descriptive Pamphlet

Premises—General Description Of—Continued. 50. Soil susceptible of being protected by grass, shrubbery, or trees: Yes: can be protected by grass 51. General remarks upon tower and site: __________________________________________

Lantern And Lantern Fixtures. 52. Order or class of lantern, 1st Order 53. Polygonal or cylindrical, Polygonal 54. Diameter, inscribed (a) to glass, 12’ 0 ¼”; (b) in the clear, 11’ 5” 55. Number of sides in plan, 16 56. Vertical or helical bars, Vertical 57. Height glazed, 9’ 8” 58. Number of plates in height, Three 59. Number of plates in each side, Three 60. Thickness of plates, 5/16”—3/8” 61. Size of different plates, Bottom 36 ¾” x 28”, Middle 39 ¼” x 28”, Top, 44 5/8” x 28” 62. Number of storm panes of glass, Three 63. Unglazed side of lantern in plates and degrees or arc, None; between what bearings (true and from seaward), (None) 64. Materials of which the lantern is constructed, Cast iron, steel, ? and glass 65. Roof, Copper, pyramidal, 16-sides

Lantern and Lantern Fixtures—Continued. 66. Ventilator ball, Copper with openings in lower sides 67. Lightning-conductor spindle, Copper spindle 68. Lightning conductor, of what material; how attached to spindle; how led, and how far below the surface of dry earth, or otherwise, as the case may be: Copper strip passed around spindle, led down alongside tower to iron tube, filled with coke about 7 feet deep with 12” of coke 69. Balustrade and outside gallery, Iron floor and iron rail 70. Lantern doors, and how fitted: Iron door to gallery, wooden door inside 71. Floor of lantern—Of what materials: Cast iron with glass floor lights 72. Watch-room door leading into lantern, and how fitted: None, door leads from stairway to watchroom 73. Parapet, inside diameter (inscribed, if polygonal), Circular

Ventilators. 74. In parapet, wall, or lower part of lantern: At base of lantern, 8 sliding plates 75. Lantern ladders for cleaning plate glass, outside: Iron ladder (not used), wooden ladder (used) 76. Curtain hooks inside of lantern—How fitted: On hooks screwed to inside of architecture.

Watch Room. 77. How fitted: Service table, two shelves with backer underneath; three coat and hat hooks 78. Bell wires, speaking tubes, or telephones for calling relief keepers—Kind: None 79. Where led: ______________________________________________________________

Illuminating Apparatus, Etc. 80. Name of maker, Barbier & Fenestre Constructeurs, Paris; Year made, 1868 81. Marks and number on apparatus, None, except name plate 82. Order of apparatus, 1st Order; Inside diameter (inscribed circle, tangent to glass) of central drum, 6’- 01/4” 83. Characteristic of light shown by apparatus, Fixed white 84. If movable; time of revolution, ________________________________________________ 85. Intervals between flashed, ___________________________________________________ 86. Duration of flash, ___________________________________________________________ 87. If fixed; or fixed, varied by flashes, state arc of each fixed part in degrees: Five whole panels, 45° each (26” each) 1 panel 11 ¼”= 244° 30’; Five whole panels 45° each (26” each) 1 panel 14 ¾”, silver reflector= 115° 30’ 88. Number of panels in the lens apparatus, Five whole, 1 fractional, illuminated arc; Five whole, 1 fractional reflector 89. Number of flash panels, ________ arc of each, in degrees, __________________________ 90. Number of elements in each panel of central drum of lens, 17 91. Number of prisms in each panel above central drum of lens, 18 92. Number of prisms in each panel below central drum of lens, 8

Illuminating Apparatus, Etc.—Continued. 93. How are the flashed produced—By the whole apparatus revolving ______; by revolving belt only _______; if by panels of vertical elements revolving outside of fixed lens, state the number of such panels: ________________________________________________ Describe how: ___________________________________________________________ 94. If by vertical elements, (a) state the number in each panel, _______; (b) and the number of elements of fixed lens covered by the panel: _________________________________ 95. If light is occulting, state (a) the characteristic, __________________________________ (b) Between what time limits may characteristic be varied without structural changes in mechanism, ______________________________________________________________ (c) Are eclipses produced by sleeve, revolving screens, or valve (if gaslight), _________ (d) Size of sleeve and amplitude of movement, ________________________________ (e) Axis of rotation of screens, horizontal or vertical, _______; (f) relation of axis to vertical axis of illuminating apparatus, _________________________________________ Screens: (g) Do they revolve as parts, or independently, of illuminating apparatus, ______ (h) If about vertical axis, how many in circumference, __________ ; (i) time required for complete revolution, ; (j) form, _______________________________________________; (k) how mounted (see Questions 101-109), ____________________________________ (l) if actuated by standard clockwork, state order, ______________________________ (m) date made, __________________________________________________________ If occultation is effected by valve (n) state name of maker, __________________________ (o) pattern, _____________________________________________________________ (p) does it operate reliably, _________________________________________________ 96. Pedestal, Cast iron

Illuminating Apparatus, Etc.—Continued. 93. How are the flashed produced—By the whole apparatus revolving ______; by revolving belt only _______; if by panels of vertical elements revolving outside of fixed lens, state the number of such panels: ________________________________________________ Describe how: ___________________________________________________________ 94. If by vertical elements, (a) state the number in each panel, _______; (b) and the number of elements of fixed lens covered by the panel: _________________________________ 95. If light is occulting, state (a) the characteristic, __________________________________ (b) Between what time limits may characteristic be varied without structural changes in mechanism, ______________________________________________________________ (c) Are eclipses produced by sleeve, revolving screens, or valve (if gaslight), _________ (d) Size of sleeve and amplitude of movement, ________________________________ (e) Axis of rotation of screens, horizontal or vertical, _______; (f) relation of axis to vertical axis of illuminating apparatus, _________________________________________ Screens: (g) Do they revolve as parts, or independently, of illuminating apparatus, ______ (h) If about vertical axis, how many in circumference, __________ ; (i) time required for complete revolution, ; (j) form, _______________________________________________; (k) how mounted (see Questions 101-109), ____________________________________ (l) if actuated by standard clockwork, state order, ______________________________ (m) date made, __________________________________________________________ If occultation is effected by valve (n) state name of maker, __________________________ (o) pattern, _____________________________________________________________ (p) does it operate reliably, _________________________________________________ 96. Pedestal, Cast iron