Report for Saybrook Breakwater (Connecticut) - 1927

General
District: 3rd
Inspector: O. C. Luther
Location: On south end of west jetty.
Date of Report: 11/25/1927
Latitude: 41° 15' 48"
Longitude: 72° 20' 35"
Premises
Site:
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed:
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site:
Area Inclosed: None.
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: Tower is in the water.
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: None
Wharf or Landing on Premises: None.
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: Boat or on foot
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office: 2 miles to Saybrook Point P. O.
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: 1886
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: Exterior repaired 1927.
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: 58 feet
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Wooded hills.
Color of Tower: White tower on brown pier
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint.
Tower Connection: No dwelling.
Object of Navigation: For local navigation & guide to entrance to Connecticut River.
Building Materials: Cast iron, brick lining, wood floors.
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Circular iron stairs.
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass: 10-5/8" x 21"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 8, 13" bullls eyes; 8 sliding, 25.5" x 23.5"
Number of Doors: 6, 2' 5" x 6' 6", 1 6' 2.5" x 2' 11.25"
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 4th
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal
Diameter to Glass:
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 10
Type of Bars: Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 36.5"
Number of Plates in Height: 1
Number of Plates Each Side: 1
Thickness of Plates: 1/4"
Size of Plates: 27 3/8" x 36.5"
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern: All glazed.
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Cast iron with wood parapet lining.
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Cast iron.
Ventilator / Cowl: Cast iron.
Lightning Spindle: Wrought iron.
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade: Wrought iron railing.
Lantern Doors: Iron outside door. wood inside, hinged & bolted.
Floor of Lantern: Cast iron floor
Watchroom Doors: Wooden trap door. hinged.
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: In parapet.
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: None.
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Brass hooks attached to foot of rafters.


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: Locker for lamp supplies.
How is Relief Called: Bell wire for Thermostat.
Where is Call System Led: To living room, second floor.
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: White, 2,900; red, 870.
Name of Maker: Unknown.
Year Made: Unknown.
Marks and Number: No mards or numbers.
Order of Apparatus: 4th
Inside Diameter: 19"
Light Characteristic: Fixed white, red sector.
Time of Revolution: Fixed
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 3
Number of Flash Panels: None.
Arc of Each: 90 degrees
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 column flaring top & bottom.
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description: Galv. sheet iron pipe without damper.
Revolving Machinery:
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: Yes, Galv. sheet iron cone.
How Color is Produced: With ruby glass.
Red Sectors Description: 74 degrees to 98 degrees.
Where Color Attached: Attached to lantern.
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: 35 mm Type A
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps: 2
Number of Spare Burners: 2
Candle Power: 600 cp


Vapor Oil Lamp
Number of Wicks or Mantels: 1
Diameter of Outside Wick:
Diameter of Mantel: 35 mm
Diameter of Circum Circle:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: Shelves for storage of supplies.
Oil House Description: Oil storage tank.
Oil House Inside Dimension: 3' 6" dia. 8' 6" long
Oil House Construction Material: Steel plates.
Oil House Capacity: 120 5 gal. cans or 600 gals.
Other (Describe): Closets under stairs in living room & chambers fitted with wardrobe hook.
Suitability: Dry & suited.
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Bell
Time to Start: None.
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer:
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic: 1 stroke every 20 sec.
Duplication: None.
Timing Device: GGamewell #3 bell striking machine.
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location: Machine in watchroom. Bell on watchroom deck.
Distance and Direction:
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse:
Description of Fog Signal Building:
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Bell Signal
Weight: 1200
Metal: Bell
Diameter: 40.5"
Height: 29"
Time: 6.25 hours
Manufacturer:
Weights for Operation:
Dwelling
Location: No dwelling, keepers quarters are in the tower.
Coloring:
Construction Materials:
Number of Rooms:
Number of Dwellings:
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers:
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: None.
Outhouse Coloring:
Paths and Walks:
Area Inclosed:
Area of Garden:
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
Cultivation Area Available:
Area Cultivated:
Character of Surroundings: Surrounded by water.
Stove, Maker: S. Rovinson
Stove, Size: 8-18
Sink, Maker: No name.
Sink, Size: 27" x 16"
Pump, Maker: Rumsey
Pump, Size: #2
Lamps: 1 table, 2 hand, made at General LH Depot.
Water
How Procured: Rain water collected on gallery roof.
Quality: Good.
Quantity: Yes.
Injury Possible: No.
Purity Precaution: Occasional cleaning of cistern.
Tank Capacity: 1500 gals. in cellar of tower.
Tank Material: Brick cisterns.
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description:
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket: Pump.
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling:
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Is that it is a healthy locality.
Diseases: None.
Prevalency:
Local Causes: No.
Recommended Improvements: No.
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: None
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Boats
Boat Number: 332
Type: R. Bottom
Length: 4'
Width: 12'
When Built: 1916
Date Harbored at Station: 1918
Sails: True
Suited to Work: Yes


Miscellaneous
General Information:
Boats on Station: On davits