Report for Squirrel Point (Maine) - 1935

General
District: 1st
Inspector: Thomas Sampson, Asst. Superintendent
Location: On the westerly side of squirre Point, Maine, the southwesterly point of Arrowsic Island, Kannebec River
Date of Report: 05/03/1935
Latitude: 43° 49' 00"
Longitude: 69° 48' 11"
Premises
Site: Purchase
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 06/11/1896
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: 4.5 acres and access right of way
Area Inclosed: Whole area enclosed by wire fence
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: 10 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: Boat
Distance to Nearest Road:
Distance to Post Office:
Distance to Village: 1/3 mile to Phippsburg Center
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Tower
Number of Separate Lights: 1
First Built or Established: 1898
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
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: 25 feet
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Trees
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Detached
Object of Navigation: Local navigating purposes
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:
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: No windows
Number of Doors: 1
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: Plygonal
Diameter to Glass:
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 8
Type of Bars: Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 36"
Number of Plates in Height: 1
Number of Plates Each Side: 1
Thickness of Plates: 1/4"
Size of Plates: 34" x 36"
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Cast iron & brass
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Cast iron & pitch roof
Ventilator / Cowl: Cast iron
Lightning Spindle: Copper spindle screwed into ball
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade: Single rail & a plank gallery
Lantern Doors: None
Floor of Lantern: Wood
Watchroom Doors: None
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: None
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: None
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Screwed into ssh bars


Watchroom
How is Watchroom Fitted: None
How is Relief Called:
Where is Call System Led:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker: L. Sautter, Paris
Year Made: Not known
Marks and Number: None
Order of Apparatus: 5th
Inside Diameter: 14 3/4"
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part: 270 degrees
Number of Panels: 3 panels and 1 brass door
Number of Flash Panels:
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: Iron 3'8" high & 14" diameter base
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 glass in lantern & red in cut frames inside lantern
Red Sectors Description: White sectors NNW & N by W 1/8 W
Where Color Attached: To lantern
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: Aladdin Mantle lamp
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps: 1
Number of Spare Burners: 1
Candle Power:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: Fitted with shelves for oil, lamps, chimneys, etc.
Oil House Description: Red brick oil house 138 feet southeasterly from tower
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity: Fitted with 2 -139 gal. tanks for kerosene in bulk
Other (Describe):
Suitability:
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Bell
Time to Start: Starts instantly
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer: Stevens
Year of Manufacture: 1901
Characteristic:
Duplication: Spare equalizing spring at station. Duplicates of all parts in Machine shop, Portland, which can be promptly forwarded.
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location:
Distance and Direction: Attached to west side of tower
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse:
Description of Fog Signal Building: Wodden building 8' x 10'
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Bell Signal
Weight: 1,000 lbs.
Metal: Bronze
Diameter: 3' 0"
Height: 2' 4"
Time: 6.75 hours
Manufacturer: Lighthouse Machine Shop, Boston, Stevens, 1901
Weights for Operation:
Dwelling
Location: 114 feet NE 1/2 E
Coloring: White with lead colored trimmings
Construction Materials: Wood with asbestos shingle roof
Number of Rooms: 6
Number of Dwellings: 1
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: 1
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: Fuel house & barn
Outhouse Coloring: White
Paths and Walks: Plank walks from dwelling to tower and to fuel house
Area Inclosed:
Area of Garden:
Area Timber or Shrubbery:
Cultivation Area Available: 1 acre
Area Cultivated: About 1/2 acre
Character of Surroundings: Loam
Stove, Maker:
Stove, Size:
Sink, Maker:
Sink, Size:
Pump, Maker:
Pump, Size:
Lamps:
Water
How Procured: Rain water from roof of dwelling
Quality: Good
Quantity: Ample
Injury Possible: No
Purity Precaution: Frequent cleaning
Tank Capacity: 2,500 gal. cistern in cellar of dwelling
Tank Material: Brick & cement
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description:
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket:
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling:
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Very healthful
Diseases: None
Prevalency:
Local Causes:
Recommended Improvements: No
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: White wodden boat house, boatslip & boat winch
Distance and Direction: 200 feet northerly
Miscellaneous Remarks: Plank walk to lighthouse
Boats
Boat Number: 169
Type: Square stern rowboat
Length:
Width: 17'
When Built:
Date Harbored at Station:
Sails: False
Suited to Work:


Hoisting Engines
Hoisting Engine Kind: Hand winch
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 rowboat
Boats on Station: Wooden boathouse