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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Point of Shoals Light Station - 1870
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In good condition in all respects.
In good condition, the lens perfectly clean in all respects in all parts.
Very good & in good condition.
Sample examined & found to be free from all objectionable matter. Oil has not been filtered.
It was free from gummy & burnt oil, & is in good order in all respects.
It was found to be level.
It was clean, free from scratches or dirt & stains. 1 pane was cracked.
It was on; clean, made of linen ticking: hung up in the Lantern room when not in use.
2 sets new, made of linen ticking, took up & taken down at proper time.
There was no alarm bell.
There is a Rod Lamp in very good condition.
There was a ladder for a stairway & in good order.
Painted inside & in good condition.
Glazing is in good condition.
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Lens:
Lantern and Trap Doors:
Watch or Trimming Room:
Lucernes or Matches:
Heater:
Ventilation:
Dome:
Lens are never touched improperly.
There is no lantern door, the trap door to lantern fits tightly.
There were none of these articles to be seen during the Inspection.
None of these things were to be see in the rooms mentioned.
There was no heater.
Keepers understand use of the ventilators & how to air the bldg.
They were painted according to instructions & in good order. The lightning conductor was in good condition.
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:
1
No buckets. 2 dripping pans.
1 holding 100 gallons.
Oil butts made according to regulation:
Oil butt covers:
Drip Bucket Placement:
Oil Butt Platform:
Empty Oil Butts:
Oil butt is made according to directions of Lighthouse Board.
The gutter was filled w/ refuse oil. Cover was on. Keeper understands use of covers & oil cocks.
There was a dripping pan instead.
Butt is placed upon a box raised above the floor.
There was no empty oil butt.
General Information: