Report for Sentinel Island (Alaska) - 1935
| General |
| District: | 16th |
| Inspector: | |
| Location: | On island N entrance to Favorite Channel |
| Date of Report: | 09/07/1935 |
| Latitude: | 58° 32' 40" |
| Longitude: | 134° 55' 12" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Public land reserved by Executive Order |
| Date of Reservation: | 01/06/1901 |
| Date of Deed: | |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 6.55 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 110' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | |
| Distance to Post Office: | 43 miles to Juneau by steamer, 25 miles to Juneau by gas boat over Mendenhall Bar & also 6 miles to Eagle Harbor by boat & 26 miles to Juneau by highway |
| Distance to Village: | |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | |
| Number of Separate Lights: | |
| First Built or Established: | 1902 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | 1935, new light & fog signal completed, dwelling remodeled as lantern moved to new tower. |
| 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: | 86' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | |
| Color of Tower: | White, lantern black |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | |
| Tower Connection: | |
| Object of Navigation: | |
| Building Materials: | Reinforced concrete |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
| Diameter at Base: | |
| Diameter at Parapet: | |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | |
| Number of Landings: | |
| Size of Glass: | |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 5 windows in tower, 12 windows in main bldg, glass size 8.5" x 13 3/8" & 26" x 28" |
| Number of Doors: | 1 in tower 2' x 6' 8". 2 main bldg 3' 6" x 7' |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Located on small, rocky, flat topped, partly timbered islet. Vessels may pass on either side but channel on W side is 1 most used. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 4th |
| Shape of Lantern: | Cylindrical |
| Diameter to Glass: | 7' 8 1/16" |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | |
| Type of Bars: | Helical |
| Thickness of Bars: | 7/8" |
| Height Glazed: | 3' 1 1/4" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 1 & 2 alternating |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | |
| Thickness of Plates: | 1/4" |
| Size of Plates: | 2' 1.081" sq. glass curved in line of 1 diag., other diag. straight. |
| Number of Storm Panes: | |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Iron, bronze, brass, glass |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Conical, iron, zinc lining |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Iron; dia. 17" |
| Lightning Spindle: | |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | Concrete platform with brass railing. |
| Lantern Doors: | 1 iron door, hinged with lock. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Concrete |
| Watchroom Doors: | |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | 8,000 |
| Name of Maker: | Henry LePaute, Paris |
| Year Made: | |
| Marks and Number: | None |
| Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
| Inside Diameter: | 19 11/16" |
| Light Characteristic: | 1 sec. flash, 1 sec. eclipse, 1 sec. flash, 7 sec. eclipse |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | 4, 360 degrees |
| Number of Flash Panels: | |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 5 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 6, fixed |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 3, fixed |
| Does Apparatus Revolve?: | False |
| Is There a Revolving Belt?: | False |
| Revolving Panels: | |
| How Flash is Produced: | By flashing mechanism located in basement |
| Number of Vertical Elements Panel: | |
| Fixed Lens Covered: | |
| Pedestal: | Cast iron ring at floor; 4 iron posts with polished brass sleeves supporting a steel plate 19" dia. & polished brass intermediate disc. |
| Service Table: | |
| Draft Tube Description: | |
| 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: | |
| How Color is Produced: | |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | Electric, battery & gen. light source, oil wick lamp standby |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 dz. 300W, 110V P.S. 35 clear lamps & 2, 4th order; 1-wick Funk-Heap oil |
| Number of Spare Burners: | |
| Candle Power: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | Locker in accordance with drawing L 356 around 2 sides basement stairway on main floor. |
| Oil House Description: | 1 oil house; 125' NW of dwelling & 20' N of fog signal bldg. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 8' 3" high x 7' 10" x 11' 4" walls. |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Wood frame & inside ceiling. Outside & roof, corr. galv. sheet iron, concrete foundation & floor. |
| Oil House Capacity: | 980 gal in 5-gal cans. 3830 gal. diesel oil tank cast in concrete in basement. Tank is 1/4" thick, 12' x 6' 6" x 9'. |
| Other (Describe): | Gasoline stored in 2 - 675 gal tanks & 1 - 200 gal tank buried in front of fog signal bldg. |
| Suitability: |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | 2 type "O" Air Diaphone, Installed, Feb., 1935 |
| Time to Start: | |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| Year of Manufacture: | |
| Characteristic: | Blast 5 sec., silent 25 sec. |
| Duplication: | Yes |
| Timing Device: | 2 elec motor driven std. timers. Motors are 1/10 HP Janette Mfg. Co., Chicago, IL. type DS 18 w/ reduc. gear, 1725 - 216 rpm. Ser. # motor #1-241078. 6" V groove pulley driv. 10" timer pulley. Timer geared to 120 to 1. Air Motor for standby + 2 elec motor |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | |
| Height Above Water: | 57' |
| Compass Direction: | 247 degrees |
| Location: | 70' NW of dwelling. |
| Distance and Direction: | |
| Water Supply: | |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | 2 story reinforced white concrete bldg 20' x 35' with 11' sq. white concrete tower in center & front of bldg & attached to & extending 5' above roof of main bldg & heated by 1-W-S American Radiator Co., hot water boiler loc. in basement with radiators. |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: | 10" pressure gauge |
| Auxillary Compressors |
| Compressor #1 | |
| Engine Kind: | Vertical & diesel, Charter-Mietz |
| Engine Manufacturer: | Charter Gas Engine Co., Sterling IL |
| Engine Serial Number: | S 9065; N 9066 |
| Engine Cylinder Size: | 1 |
| Engine HP: | 9 HP |
| Engine Speed (RPM): | |
| Starter: | Air after preheating with kerosene torch. Hot ball |
| Size, Capacity, Receivers: | 2 tanks 3' 6" x 7' 10" 76 cu. ft. |
| Remarks: | Fuel - gasoline |
| Compressor Kind: | Vertical single acting |
| Compressor Maker: | |
| Compressor Serial Number: | |
| Compressor Cylinder Size: | 1 |
| Compressor Air Capacity: | |
| Compressor RPMs: | |
| Compressor #2 | |
| Engine Kind: | Fairbanks Morse Type Z horizontal |
| Engine Manufacturer: | Fairbanks Morse Eng. Co. |
| Engine Serial Number: | |
| Engine Cylinder Size: | |
| Engine HP: | 2 HP |
| Engine Speed (RPM): | |
| Starter: | Hand cranking |
| Size, Capacity, Receivers: | |
| Remarks: | Fuel - gasoline |
| Compressor Kind: | Fairbanks Morse Type E direct connected |
| Compressor Maker: | |
| Compressor Serial Number: | |
| Compressor Cylinder Size: | |
| Compressor Air Capacity: | |
| Compressor RPMs: | |
| Compressor #3 | |
| Engine Kind: | Type AG hopper cooled engine |
| Engine Manufacturer: | Novo Engine Co. |
| Engine Serial Number: | |
| Engine Cylinder Size: | |
| Engine HP: | |
| Engine Speed (RPM): | 600 |
| Starter: | |
| Size, Capacity, Receivers: | Hand unloader with 18" x 48" receiver with pop safety valve, gauge & drain cock & piping. |
| Remarks: | |
| Compressor Kind: | Single stage vert 2.5" x 3" bore & stroke |
| Compressor Maker: | Worthington |
| Compressor Serial Number: | |
| Compressor Cylinder Size: | 1 |
| Compressor Air Capacity: | 6.5 cu. ft. free air/min @ 200 lbs pressure |
| Compressor RPMs: | |
| Engine Generators |
| Engine Kind: | Le Roi 4 cyl. 4 cycle |
| Engine Manufacturer: | Le Roi Engine Co., Milwaukee |
| Engine Serial Number: | 108974, 108975 Model 2CW |
| Number of Cylinders (Engine): | 4 |
| Engine Cylinder Size: | 3 1/8" dia. 4.5" stroke |
| Engine HP: | |
| Fuel: | Gasoline |
| Starter: | Automatic by push button |
| Date Installed: | 1 unit, 1934 & other unit, Feb., 1935 |
| Generator Kind: | Direct Current |
| Generator Maker: | Louis Allis Co., Milwaukee |
| Generator Serial Number: | 177295 |
| Generator Cylinder Size: | Generator type NA |
| Air Capacity: | 5 KW |
| Number of Cylinders (Generator): | Generator dir conn'd to engine w/ flex. coupling. |
| Storage Battery |
| Kind: | Lead-acid type Exide Iron-clad type 6V-SB-200 AH |
| Maufacturer: | Electric Storage Battery Co. |
| Number of Cells: | 56 |
| Cells Per Tray: | 3 |
| Capacity: | 200 AH |
| Location: | Battery room in basement |
| Date Installed: | Feb., 1935 |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | 1 wooded 2-story frame bldg with asbestos shingles (put on 9/30/1935), concrete foundation & basement. |
| Coloring: | White with lead color trimming |
| Construction Materials: | |
| Number of Rooms: | 6 rooms, bath & wood shed |
| Number of Dwellings: | 2 |
| Heating Plant: | 1 hot water circ. system heated by a 1-W-5 American Radiator Co., hot water boiler. 6 radiators on main floor. |
| Number of Keepers: | |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Oil house, carpenter shop, boathouse, 2 hoist houses, 2 toilets & chicken house. |
| Outhouse Coloring: | |
| Paths and Walks: | Concrete sidewalks connect dwelling with carpenter shop & fog signal bldg. |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | |
| Area Cultivated: | |
| Character of Surroundings: | |
| Stove, Maker: | Monarch # 3856 (2) |
| Stove, Size: | |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | |
| Pump, Maker: | Delco #205 automatic electric |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | Rain water from roof of dwelling |
| Quality: | |
| Quantity: | |
| Injury Possible: | |
| Purity Precaution: | Brick filter wall |
| Tank Capacity: | Cistern under woodshed of each dwelling- cap. 970 cu ft. each; cistern in basement of fog signal bldg. |
| Tank Material: | Concrete, brick |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Wharf 28.5" x 47'; foundation consists of iron cased concrete piers built on rock; outer piling is creosoted; outer face of wharf at low water line. Steamers cannot go alongside, small boat can go alongside at any stage of tide. |
| Distance and Direction: | Boathouse & hoist house built on wharf with car track leading from wharf to fog signal bldg. Boathouse is 15'w x 18.5' x 22.5' long. Tram leads upgrade from wharf over trestle to shore & at pt abt 100' from wharf makes nearly rt. angle bend to right. |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Shop tools - 1foot power lathe, 1 hand power drill press. Tram hoist loc. in small house at upper bend of tramway. Loaded cars are pushed by hand to fog signal bldg & oil house as ground is practically level. Derrick is stiff leg type. |
| Boats |
| Boat #1 | |
| Boat Number: | 88 |
| Type: | Dinghy |
| Length: | 4' 4" |
| Width: | 15' |
| When Built: | 1931 |
| Date Harbored at Station: | Oct. 1931 |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | |
| Boat #2 | |
| Boat Number: | 22 |
| Type: | Launch |
| Length: | 5' 8" |
| Width: | 18' |
| When Built: | Not known |
| Date Harbored at Station: | Sept. 30, 1915 |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | |
| Boat #3 | |
| Boat Number: | 82 |
| Type: | Skiff |
| Length: | 54" |
| Width: | 14' |
| When Built: | Purchased Aug., 1930 |
| Date Harbored at Station: | Aug., 1930 |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | |
| Power Boat |
| Engine Type: | Palmer "little Husky" 4 cyl, 4 cycle 273023 HL |
| Horsepower: | 10-15 |
| Engine Maker: | Palmer Bros., Coscob Ct. |
| Spare Coil: | |
| Magnet: | |
| Battery: | |
| Propeller Diameter: | 12" |
| Propeller Pitch: | 14" 3 blade |
| Hoisting Engines |
| Engine #1 | |
| Hoisting Engine Kind: | Single cylinder, vertical, double drum |
| Engine RPMs: | 350 |
| Engine Diameter: | |
| Engine Stroke: | |
| Engine Boiler: | |
| Engine Maker and Date: | Fairbanks-Morse & Co. |
| Serial Number: | 118168 |
| Cylinders and Size: | 1, 6" bore |
| Horsepower: | 6 |
| Fuel: | Gasoline |
| Hoist Starter: | Hand cranking |
| Hoist Miscellaneous: | Built 1916 |
| Engine #2 | |
| Hoisting Engine Kind: | Single drum, vertical single cylinder |
| Engine RPMs: | |
| Engine Diameter: | |
| Engine Stroke: | |
| Engine Boiler: | |
| Engine Maker and Date: | Novo |
| Serial Number: | |
| Cylinders and Size: | 1 |
| Horsepower: | 6 |
| Fuel: | Gasoline |
| Hoist Starter: | Hand cranking |
| Hoist Miscellaneous: | |
| Miscellaneous |
| General Information: | Outboard motor, Johnson, 8HP, 2 cyl, alternate firing. Purchased on PRO 8830 Model KL 65 |
| Boats on Station: |