Report for Tree Point Lightstation (Alaska) - 1919
| General |
| District: | 16th |
| Inspector: | Various |
| Location: | On the easterly side of the southerly entrance to Revillegigedo Channel. |
| Date of Report: | 04/25/1919 |
| Latitude: | 54° 48' 07" |
| Longitude: | 130° 55' 57" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Public loands set aside by Executive Order |
| Date of Reservation: | 01/06/1901 |
| Date of Deed: | |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 679 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | None |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 80 feet |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Boat landing & incline at bay about 1200 feet SW |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By launch, Ketchinkan, 42 miles. |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | |
| Distance to Post Office: | |
| 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: | 1903 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | Tower repaired & stiffened in 1918. |
| 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 feet. |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Dark timber & distant hills. |
| Color of Tower: | White with gray lantern |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
| Tower Connection: | Detached tower rises from center of fog signal building. |
| Object of Navigation: | For general navigation by inside passage being point of departure entering or leaving Revillagigedo Channel. |
| Building Materials: | Wood, shingled |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
| Diameter at Base: | |
| Diameter at Parapet: | |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Wooden |
| Number of Landings: | |
| Size of Glass: | 16" x 18" |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 4, 20" x 22" |
| Number of Doors: | 3 |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | At the rear of the tower (easterly) a knoll rises to the height of the tower at a distance of about 80 feet. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 3rd |
| Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
| Diameter to Glass: | |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | 10 |
| Type of Bars: | Vertical |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 5'9" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 1 |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | 1 |
| Thickness of Plates: | 7/16" |
| Size of Plates: | 2'7.5" x 5'8.5" |
| Number of Storm Panes: | |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None. |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron, bronze & glass, shheet iron lining. |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Cast iron with zinc lining. |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron. |
| Lightning Spindle: | Brass with platinum tip screwed to ball. |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | Iron pipe balcony rail around lantern gallery, floor covered with canvas. |
| Lantern Doors: | 1 hung on three hinges & closing against rubber strip; bolted top & bottom. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Wood. |
| Watchroom Doors: | Ordinary panel door with usual hinges & lock. |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | In parapet of lantern. |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | Portable wooden ladder. |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Curtains hung on Hartsforn sprint rollers. |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | No fittings |
| How is Relief Called: | Telephone |
| Where is Call System Led: | Fog signal building to each dwelling. |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | 3.5 hours. |
| Intensity in Candles: | White, 13,000; red, 4,000 cp |
| Name of Maker: | Henry Lapants |
| Year Made: | Unknown |
| Marks and Number: | HL/326 |
| Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
| Inside Diameter: | 19 11/16" |
| Light Characteristic: | |
| Time of Revolution: | 1 minute |
| Flash Interval: | 5 sec. |
| Duration of Flash: | 1 second |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | 10 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | 10 |
| Arc of Each: | 36 degrees |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 3 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 6 |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 3 |
| Does Apparatus Revolve?: | True |
| Is There a Revolving Belt?: | False |
| Revolving Panels: | |
| How Flash is Produced: | |
| Number of Vertical Elements Panel: | |
| Fixed Lens Covered: | |
| Pedestal: | Hollow cast iron post bolted to a floor plate. |
| Service Table: | |
| Draft Tube Description: | Copper 6" fitted with damper carried on spider at top of lens, which sopports connecting tube. |
| Revolving Machinery: | |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | Balls |
| Chariot Description: | |
| Length of Drop Tube: | 50 feet |
| Clock Weight: | 27 lbs. |
| Length of Winding Time: | 3.5 hours. |
| Drive During Rewind: | No. |
| Machinery Protection: | Glass case. |
| Regulated: | Fan governor. |
| Lens Protection: | Yes, lens cover of cotton. |
| How Color is Produced: | Red sector of ruby glass. |
| Red Sectors Description: | Red sector between 318 degrees and 327 degrees. |
| Where Color Attached: | To the inside of the lantern. |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | 4th order IOV |
| Type of Illuminant: | Kerosene |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | |
| Candle Power: | 600 cp |
| Clock Cord Description |
| Revolving Cord: | Clock cord. |
| Size of Clock Cord: | 3/16" |
| Length of Clock Cord: | 60 feet |
| How Led: | Over 2 sleves |
| Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: | 3 11/16" x 5 7/16" |
| Chariot Balls |
| Balls Description: | Semicircular grooves |
| Cage to Separate Balls: | True |
| Number of Balls: | 23 |
| Diameter of Balls: | 5/16" |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | |
| Diameter of Mantel: | 35 mm |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: |
| Occulting Light |
| Characteristic: | Flash 1 second, Eclipse 5 seconds. |
| Time Limit: | From 1.5 to 2.5 revolutions per minute. |
| Eclipse Type: | No. |
| Size and Amplitude: | |
| Axis Rotation: | |
| Axis Relation: | |
| Screen Revolution: | |
| Screen Number: | |
| Screen Time: | |
| Screen Form: | |
| Screen Mounting: | |
| Screen Order: | |
| Screen Date: | |
| Valve Maker: | |
| Valve Pattern: | |
| Reliability: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | 2 closets with lockers overhead in vestibule in fog signal building, 2 lockers in office or watch room are fitted with hooks & shelves used for stowing cleaning utensils & supplies. |
| Oil House Description: | 70 ft. & 120 ft. easterly from building, no fittings. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 8' x 11'4" |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Concrete, iron, wood. |
| Oil House Capacity: | 1000 cans each. |
| Other (Describe): | 2 closets in vestibule, 2 colosts in workroom; 1 locker in lamp room wit shelves overhead. |
| Suitability: | Dry & suitable. |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | 1st calll 6 inch siren |
| Time to Start: | 15 minutes |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | 3 minutes. |
| Manufacturer: | |
| Year of Manufacture: | |
| Characteristic: | 3 sec. blast, 27 sec. silent, 3 sec. blast, 27 sec. silent. |
| Duplication: | All parts except air receiver. |
| Timing Device: | Crosby Automatic Signal in duplicate. |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | 45 lbs. |
| Height Above Water: | 34.5 feet |
| Compass Direction: | 237 degrees. |
| Location: | In same building. |
| Distance and Direction: | In same building. |
| Water Supply: | Contained in cistern & piped to engines. |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | In same building. |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | 1 story octagonal frame building on concrete foundation & concrete floors. |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: | American Steam Gauge & Valve Co. Boston, Mass. |
| Siren Signal |
| Siren: | Cylindrical |
| Siren Diameter: | 6" |
| Siren Built Date: | 1903 |
| Siren Manufacturer: | 3rd Dist. Tompkinsville, NY |
| Siren Ports: | 20, 3/32" x 2 3/4" |
| Siren Revolutions: | |
| Siren Governor: | Sectional ring |
| Siren Condition: | Good. |
| Internal Combustion Signal |
| Fog Signal Kind: | |
| Internal Combustion Kind: | Horusby Akroyd Derosene oil engine |
| Internal Combustion Manufacturer: | De La Vergne Machine Co. |
| Internal Combustion Date: | 1903 |
| Internal Combustion Size: | 11" x 15" |
| Internal Combustion Horsepower: | 13 HP |
| Internal Combustion Fuel: | Kerosene |
| Internal Combustion Starter: | By heating with torch. |
| Compressor Maker: | Herron & Bury High service. |
| Compressor Seat: | Same bed; geared |
| Compressor Machinery: | |
| Compressor Diameter: | 10" |
| Compressor Stroke: | 8" |
| Compressor RPMs: | |
| Character of Air Inlet: | " |
| Kind of Unloader: | Herron & Burry, Erie, Pa. |
| Diameter of Delivery Pipe: | 2" |
| Air Receiver |
| Number: | 1 |
| Diameter: | 40" |
| Height: | 18' |
| Capacity Cubic Feet: | 157 |
| Pressure in Each: | 70 lbs. |
| Make of Reducing Valve: | |
| Remarks: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | About 600 ft. NE'ly from tower. |
| Coloring: | White with brown roofs. |
| Construction Materials: | Wood with concrete basements |
| Number of Rooms: | 6 rooms & bath. |
| Number of Dwellings: | 3 |
| Heating Plant: | Hot water heater (Perfect) |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 in each dwelling |
| Furnished Quarters: | All |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | None |
| Outhouses: | Barn with 3 stalls connected with shop; hay loft. |
| Outhouse Coloring: | White with brown roof. |
| Paths and Walks: | Concrete walks around dwellings & to tramway. |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | 2 acres |
| Area Cultivated: | 2 acres. |
| Character of Surroundings: | Decayed begetation, tundra overlying rock; swamp, timber. |
| Stove, Maker: | Bridge Beech Co. |
| Stove, Size: | 37" x 30" |
| Sink, Maker: | Not known |
| Sink, Size: | 20" x 30" |
| Pump, Maker: | None. |
| Pump, Size: | |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | Obtained from small creek & piped by gravity. |
| Quality: | Good in spring during heavy rains, bad in summer. |
| Quantity: | Supply short at times in summer |
| Injury Possible: | No. |
| Purity Precaution: | Water passas through filter cestern before entering main cistern. |
| Tank Capacity: | 23,000 gals on top of hill back of light. |
| Tank Material: | Concrete. |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | Gravity |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: | Reservoir on stream 1800 ft. cistern about 200 ft. |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Good. |
| Diseases: | Rheumatism |
| Prevalency: | Winter. |
| Local Causes: | No. |
| Recommended Improvements: | No. |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Landing in small bay about 1800 ft. easterly from tower. Inclined tramway from boat house to low water mark. Tramway connects boat house with keeper's dwellings & fog signal building, walkway in center of tramway. |
| Distance and Direction: | 1800 feet easterly |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Boats |
| Boat #1 | |
| Boat Number: | 37 |
| Type: | Launch |
| Length: | 6' |
| Width: | 20' |
| When Built: | June, 1916 |
| Date Harbored at Station: | June, 1916 |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Boat #2 | |
| Boat Number: | 39 |
| Type: | Dinghy |
| Length: | 4' 10" |
| Width: | 14' |
| When Built: | Not known |
| Date Harbored at Station: | Feb. 1919 |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | Yes. |
| Boat #3 | |
| Boat Number: | 9 |
| Type: | Whaleboat |
| Length: | 5' 0" |
| Width: | 16' |
| When Built: | Not known |
| Date Harbored at Station: | Dec. 23, 1909 |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Power Boat |
| Engine Type: | Sheffield-Marine |
| Horsepower: | 4 HP |
| Engine Maker: | Sheffield No. 381 |
| Spare Coil: | |
| Magnet: | K-W Special |
| Battery: | |
| Propeller Diameter: | 16" |
| Propeller Pitch: | 18" |
| Hoisting Engines |
| Hoisting Engine Kind: | Meitz & Weiss |
| Engine RPMs: | 360 RPM |
| Engine Diameter: | 7" |
| Engine Stroke: | 8" |
| Engine Boiler: | |
| Engine Maker and Date: | |
| Serial Number: | #2042 |
| Cylinders and Size: | |
| Horsepower: | 6 HP |
| Fuel: | Kerosene |
| Hoist Starter: | |
| Hoist Miscellaneous: |