Report for Prospect Harbor (Maine) - 1935

General
District: 1st
Inspector: Thomas Sampson, Asst. Superintendant
Location: On Prospect Harbor Point Gouldsboro, Maine, on the easterly side of the entrance to the inner harbor.
Date of Report: 05/03/1935
Latitude: 44° 24' 12"
Longitude: 68° 00' 48"
Premises
Site: Purchased
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission: 05/08/1847
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 4 acres
Area Inclosed: Whole with wire fence
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: 30 feet
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises: Boat slip
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: By team
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office: Prospect Harbor 1 mile
Distance to Village:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Tower
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1850
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: 1891
Condition at This Date:
Shape of Tower in Plan:
Form of Tower:
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball:
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 41.5 feet
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Woods
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: By covered walk
Object of Navigation: Local guide to Prospect Harbor
Building Materials: Wood
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Wood
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass: 9" x 12"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 2 - sash 2'6" x 4'4"
Number of Doors: 1 - 2'8" x 6'8" & trap door to lantern
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: Rock
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Built on ledge
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 4th
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal
Diameter to Glass:
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 8
Type of Bars: Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 35.5"
Number of Plates in Height: 1
Number of Plates Each Side: 1
Thickness of Plates: 1/4"
Size of Plates:
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Cast iron
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Cast iron, 8 sections bolted inside lined with zinc
Ventilator / Cowl: Cast iron
Lightning Spindle: Copper
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade: Wrought iron
Lantern Doors: Hinges & latch
Floor of Lantern: Wood covered with canvas
Watchroom Doors: Trap door
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: On parapet walls
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: Wood step ladder
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Hooks & rings


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: None
How is Relief Called:
Where is Call System Led:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: Red 150, white 490 candles
Name of Maker: L. Sautter & Co., Paris
Year Made: Unknown
Marks and Number: None
Order of Apparatus: 4th
Inside Diameter: 19.5"
Light Characteristic: Fixed
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 3 - 90 degrees, the 4th panel is out & fitted with catoptric mirror
Number of Flash Panels: None
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 5
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 5
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 3
Does Apparatus Revolve?: False
Is There a Revolving Belt?: False
Revolving Panels:
How Flash is Produced:
Number of Vertical Elements Panel:
Fixed Lens Covered:
Pedestal: Cast iron hollow column 39" high & 17" diameter at top
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description: None
Revolving Machinery: None
Standby and Description:
Chariot Float or Balls:
Chariot Description:
Length of Drop Tube:
Clock Weight:
Length of Winding Time:
Drive During Rewind:
Machinery Protection:
Regulated:
Lens Protection: Linen cover
How Color is Produced: Red glass in lantern
Red Sectors Description: 2 white sectors between 334 deg 40' NNW 1/4 W 340 deg 45' N by W 11/16W, another between 5 deg 40' N 1/2 E 14 deg N by E 1/4 E,
Where Color Attached: Lantern
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: 4th order electric 94 watt, 32 volt flashing fitted with standby battery & lamp changer astronomical clocks,
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps: 2 - oil lamp
Number of Spare Burners: 2
Candle Power:


Vapor Oil Lamp
Number of Wicks or Mantels: 1
Diameter of Outside Wick: 1.75"
Diameter of Mantel:
Diameter of Circum Circle:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: Closet & shelves in service room for lamps, etc., for use in tower, on first floor of tower
Oil House Description: North from tower 305 feet
Oil House Inside Dimension: 7' x 9'
Oil House Construction Material: Stone
Oil House Capacity: 300 cases, fitted with 2 - 139 gal. tanks for kerosene
Other (Describe): Closet & table in work room
Suitability: Dry
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Bell
Time to Start:
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer:
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic:
Duplication:
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location:
Distance and Direction:
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse:
Description of Fog Signal Building:
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Bell Signal
Weight: 3 lbs.
Metal: Composition
Diameter:
Height:
Time:
Manufacturer:
Weights for Operation:
Dwelling
Location: North 30 feet from tower
Coloring: White with lead coloring trimmings
Construction Materials: Wood
Number of Rooms: 6
Number of Dwellings: 1
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: 1
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: Fuel house, barn, boat house & oil house
Outhouse Coloring: All white excepting oil house which is stone color dark gray
Paths and Walks:
Area Inclosed:
Area of Garden:
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
Cultivation Area Available:
Area Cultivated:
Character of Surroundings: Clay loam fast ground
Stove, Maker: Portland S.F. Co.
Stove, Size: #8
Sink, Maker:
Sink, Size: 42" x 22"
Pump, Maker: Douglass
Pump, Size: #2
Lamps: 2 - General Depot
Water
How Procured: Rain water collected from roofs
Quality: Good
Quantity: Yes, generally
Injury Possible: No
Purity Precaution: Washing roof & using 2 cisterns & cleaning 1 every 6 months
Tank Capacity: In celler of dwelling, 1,800 gals.
Tank Material: Brick cisterns
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description:
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket:
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling:
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Good
Diseases: Colds
Prevalency: Winter & Spring
Local Causes: No
Recommended Improvements: No
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Boat house & slip with good road to lighthouse
Distance and Direction: 402 feet north
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Boats
Boat Number: 10
Type: Rowboat
Length: 4' 10"
Width: 13' 4"
When Built: 1903
Date Harbored at Station: 1904
Sails: False
Suited to Work: Yes


Hoisting Engines
Hoisting Engine Kind: Handwinch
Engine RPMs:
Engine Diameter:
Engine Stroke:
Engine Boiler:
Engine Maker and Date:
Serial Number:
Cylinders and Size:
Horsepower:
Fuel:
Hoist Starter:
Hoist Miscellaneous:


Miscellaneous
General Information: 1 boat
Boats on Station: Boathouse