The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-04-27
Dutch-lsland Light-housc


llug-house on Dutch-lsland, Narragansett
Bay, Of the following materials, dimensions,
and description
The lighthouse and dwelng-house to he
IN one: light house, fifteen feet long and III
tc"n broad; dwelling house, torty-hve 'ect
long and fifteen broad cellar six fee deepthrce
/ IN the rock, ana three above the rock three feet
tn,ck: the whole ofthe conloint building situated
on a rock. which il will cover, leaving only
= passag ge-way tc the outside door. TO face east
/ eriy. Walls to be of undreSsed stone: first
Story, two feet thick; and the same thickness
at u clubhouse walls up to the arch for support
\ ot stone door of lantern: second story walls of
/ dwelling 5-house, one and Il hall foot thick.
! Height of first aud second story, each, house
ANA lighthouse. eight feet, but the height of
1 the house walls, front and hack, only twelve
/ feet, the roof making halt the height OF the
second story; sixteen feet being the height of
/ both stories: at which height an octaqOnai
| story OF liVlft-housc to commence, To be four
/ teen feet high whereun to be placed lantern
! SIX feet high, the top whereof to be a dome
/ thur feet high, with "A ventllator above From
/ iirSt story oilighi-houSe stairs to descend into
! the cellar and 10 aScc =, into the second story
/ whence the entrance into second story of
dweilmg-house. The top of the octaeon to
be arched, reserving an entrance ON the side
to the lantern; and TO have Il stone cornco.
whcreon 10 be laid n s0ap.stone or granite
stone deck, joints fitted with lead, with scut-
tie, two by two feet, the door of which 20 he
framed with iron and covered with copper
To pass through the scutie gm iron ladder
supported by good and sufficient stone stairs
rising from the stone. stairs which ascend FROM
the bottom %! the cellar Good llme-mortar
10 he used IN the construction OF the building
and the outside Ia be pointed with Roman ce-
ment and whlte-Wdshed twice There are To
, be seven windows, whose frames TO be six
feet by five; c:ght windows, frames lonr feet
by five; four coIlar-windows, frames two feet
by five: and two windows, six feet by two be-
SIDES those OF the lantern, the glass of which !
To be oi the first quality. The wood used in
the building also u be If the best kind 4 !
strong door with good lock, bolts. hinges, !
and hooks, to enter the house; and the inner
doors, six III number, fitted with Iatches and !
hnges, to have their upper halves glazed. all
of them, as all the wlndow-shuttcrs. and the !
other wood work, To be painted faithfully and !
hashed, like Cycry otAerpart of the binding,
IN wood, stone, iron, or glass. in Il strong
ana workmanlikc manner A. each en-
OF the house, chimncvs, with tre-placcs in
each story; four in the whole, and in one
Of them an iron crane with hooks. The
house 8 to be divided into two rooms fl
teen feet by eleven within the walls, first and
second story with an entry way above and De,
low stairs often feet by eleven all 10 be lath- |
ed, plastcred dpuble-ioored, the upper laid |
in mortar, and well nailed. The roof of the |
house to be rectangular, tie boards whereofto !
be jointod and lalvcd, and we'll covered with |
cedar shingles, the under side whereof lathcd |
aud plastcred, viii be- the coihpg of tho cham
bers with spouts TO lead oil the Tain the /
root, however, to be accommodated 10 the |
entrance from tlic second story, and TO the four |
windows which rise above The walls OF the !
house. On ono side of the chimney of The |
south room, lower story, an oven 10 hn built, !
with an IRON door on the other, Il stouo sink, /
with gutter leading through the wl.l Of The /,
house. Two closets with doors, shoiyos, and /
locks to he placed where directed. On the |
top OF the before mentioned octagon there IS 10 |
be an iron lantern Of an octaoonal form the
posts, two inches square, TO run five feet into
tllc stone work, and secured with anchors; |
tlo diameter. eight feet and the hoipht SIX |
feet, with a dome OF four feet in height, and
covered with copper (tluriy-two ounces TO the |
square FOOT formed by sixteen iron raftcrs, |
concentrating in IA iron hoop al the top, which |
forms the funnel for the smoke to pass out of
the lantern into the ventilator. in the shane of
a ball sufficient to contain thirty gallons, and !
largo enough TO secure the funnel against rain; /
the ventilator TO be turned by vane, so that .
the hole for venting tho smoke may be over 60 /
iecward. The space between the posts of the |
lantern at the angles to be occupied 10y sashes,
Of iron, and 50 strong rs not to work with the
wind each slsh oteightcen lights, TO be giaz-
ed with double glass, twelve b. twelve inches,
the low.r tier only fitted with copper wherein
to be air ports excepting on one side, whore
so much OF the space as would otherwise be /
filed with sashes is to be occupied 10y an iron .
framed door covered with copper, twenty |
inches wide, and six taes high. Around the .
lantern TO be carried an iron railing, the posts .
Of which TO be one and three cighths Of an inch
square connected as braces with the lantern
.hrec rails Of an inch square, the upper one .
four feet from the deck 20 be inserted in the /
braces. The lantern and railing to be painted /
twice over with white lead the dome, black.
A complete electrical conductor Of copper TO /
be affixed to the lighthouse, extending into /
the sea. As the rock wherein the building IS
tc stand goes of shelving into the sea towards |
the west. the stones Of the wall below the bot /
tom ofthe western halfof the lighthouse eel. |.
lar will be strongly fastened with iron bolts
both stones and bolts large. Proper stone
steps 10 be placed nj the out door aud stone
way Of about one hundred feet IN length and
ten in breadth, 10 average about three feet in
heirht. TO be construc ted, leading northerly
from the rock whGrcyn the house is TO be G.
rected towards a well; which wei is e. be sunk
50 deep, probably twenty feet through rock, as
Ia secure. az al seasons, plentiful supply Of
good water at a convenient distance from the
house. stoned, and furnished with a curb,
windlass. aud chain, aud good iron hooped
bucket Nm out-housc five feet by four, board I,
ca aad shugled One hundred rods Of double
siaue.wsll uenceJ 70 he builtin the best man /.
ner. six feet m height, properly capped, three I
feet thick NJ bottom. tVe'Sy inches at top. /
stones far the different uses mentioned, may, I