Report for Cape Ann (Massachusetts) - 1927
| General |
| District: | 2nd |
| Inspector: | C. H. Robinson, Asst. Engr |
| Location: | On E'ly side of Thatcher Island about 3/4 mile from Cape Ann |
| Date of Report: | 05/28/1927 |
| Latitude: | 42° 38' 21" (N tower) 13" (S tower) |
| Longitude: | 70° 34' 31" (N tower) 32" (S tower) |
| Premises |
| Site: | Granted by Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | |
| Date of Permission: | 06/12/1790 |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | About 10 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | None |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | N tower 150'; S Tower 75' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | None |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Boatslip - no wharf |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By boat, about 3 3/4 miles to Rockport, Mass. Post Office |
| 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: | 2 towers |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 2; 218 yards apart bearing 186 1/4 degrees |
| First Built or Established: | 1773 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | 1861 |
| 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: | N tower 162'; S tower 166' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Fields & buildings |
| Color of Tower: | Gray |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Granite |
| Tower Connection: | Detached |
| Object of Navigation: | Seacoast - general navigation |
| Building Materials: | Granite |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
| Diameter at Base: | |
| Diameter at Parapet: | |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Iron |
| Number of Landings: | |
| Size of Glass: | 9 3/4" x 21 3/4" |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 11; 46.5" x 22"; 4 panes |
| Number of Doors: | 1 each 3' x 7'; Double door 31" x 10' 10" steel plate |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Towers located on ledge |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 1st |
| Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
| Diameter to Glass: | |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | 16 |
| Type of Bars: | Vertical |
| Thickness of Bars: | 1 1/8" |
| Height Glazed: | 10' |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 3 |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | 3 |
| Thickness of Plates: | 1/4" |
| Size of Plates: | 44.5" x 27.5"; 39" x 27.5"; 30 3/4" x 27.5" |
| Number of Storm Panes: | |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Iron & bronze |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Copper |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Copper |
| Lightning Spindle: | Yes, with copper conductor down tower to sea |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | Iron |
| Lantern Doors: | None |
| Floor of Lantern: | Stone covered on inside with wood |
| Watchroom Doors: | None |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | In parapet |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | Yes, iron |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Yes, hooks screwed into stays |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | With telephone & closet for spare lamp etc. |
| How is Relief Called: | Telephone |
| Where is Call System Led: | To each Keeper's quarters |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | 2200 each |
| Name of Maker: | N tower - Henry LePaute; S Tower - L Sautter & Co. |
| Year Made: | Not known |
| Marks and Number: | None |
| Order of Apparatus: | 1st |
| Inside Diameter: | 6' |
| Light Characteristic: | |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | 360 degrees |
| Number of Panels: | 8 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | None |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 17 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 13 fixed |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 6 fixed |
| 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 |
| Service Table: | |
| Draft Tube Description: | 5" brass tube leading into ventilator ball |
| 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: | 55 mm IOV type A |
| Type of Illuminant: | Kerosene |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 2 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 6 |
| Candle Power: | 1500 cp |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 55mm mantel |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | |
| Diameter of Mantel: | 2" |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: | One only |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | None |
| Oil House Description: | About midway between towers |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 10' 8" x 12' 8" |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Bricks |
| Oil House Capacity: | About 850 5-gal cans. 1 bulk kerosene tank 1,000 gal capacity 4' dia. 11' long outside oil house. 1 sq. tank 750 gal. - inside whistle house |
| Other (Describe): | 1 closet in each service room fitted with shelves for spare lamps, etc. |
| Suitability: | Dry & suited for purpose |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | Type F Diaphone |
| Time to Start: | About 10 minutes |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | About 5 min. |
| Manufacturer: | |
| Year of Manufacture: | |
| Characteristic: | 3 sec blast; 3 sec silent; 3 sec blast; 3 sec silent; 3 sec blast; 45 sec silent |
| Duplication: | All essential parts |
| Timing Device: | |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | Diaphone 30 lbs |
| Height Above Water: | |
| Compass Direction: | |
| Location: | Guards N'ly end of Cape Ann |
| Distance and Direction: | 194 NE'ly of S tower |
| Water Supply: | Rain water |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | Walks |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | 32' x 32' built brick with hip roof |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
| Internal Combustion Signal |
| Fog Signal Kind: | |
| Internal Combustion Kind: | Vertical in duplicate |
| Internal Combustion Manufacturer: | August Mietz Inc. # 7749 - 7750 |
| Internal Combustion Date: | 1915 |
| Internal Combustion Size: | 7 x 8 2 cyl |
| Internal Combustion Horsepower: | 18 |
| Internal Combustion Fuel: | Kerosene |
| Internal Combustion Starter: | Hot ball |
| Compressor Maker: | August Mietz Inc. 1915 |
| Compressor Seat: | Same crank shaft |
| Compressor Machinery: | |
| Compressor Diameter: | 6.5" |
| Compressor Stroke: | 8" |
| Compressor RPMs: | 400 |
| Character of Air Inlet: | 3 5/8" |
| Kind of Unloader: | Pappet |
| Diameter of Delivery Pipe: | 2.5" |
| Air Receiver |
| Number: | 2 |
| Diameter: | 5' |
| Height: | 11" |
| Capacity Cubic Feet: | 206 |
| Pressure in Each: | 30 lbs |
| Make of Reducing Valve: | None |
| Remarks: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | 1 double & 1 single W'ly of S tower. 1 double W'ly of N tower |
| Coloring: | Brown metallic white trimmings |
| Construction Materials: | 1 double brick, 1 double & 1 single wood |
| Number of Rooms: | 7 single; 6 & 6 - 1 double; 6 & 5 - other double |
| Number of Dwellings: | 3 |
| Heating Plant: | Direct hot water - each dwelling |
| Number of Keepers: | Keeper in single; asst keepers in doubles |
| Furnished Quarters: | All |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | None |
| Outhouses: | 2 fuel houses & supply house |
| Outhouse Coloring: | Same as dwellings |
| Paths and Walks: | Walks between dwelling, fog signal & boathouse |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | About 5 acres |
| Area Cultivated: | About 1/4 acre |
| Character of Surroundings: | Fast ground, ledge & rocks |
| Stove, Maker: | Magee Grand, Howe & Lincoln, Magee Standard (2) |
| Stove, Size: | 7-18 (3 Magees) |
| Sink, Maker: | Not known |
| Sink, Size: | 22" x 48" (4) |
| Pump, Maker: | Douglas (4) |
| Pump, Size: | #2 (4) |
| Lamps: | 4 brass table, 4 brass hand lamps from General Depot |
| Water |
| How Procured: | Rain water for domestic use, well water for drinking |
| Quality: | Good |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | No |
| Purity Precaution: | Frequent cleaning |
| Tank Capacity: | Single dwelling 2700; Brick 1100 & 1300; Wooden 750; Fog Signal 7800 & 10,000 |
| Tank Material: | Brick cement plastered. Fog Signal reservoir excavation in ground roofed in. |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | About 10' deep with wooden curb |
| Well Diameter: | 3' |
| Well Lining: | Brick lined |
| Pump or Bucket: | Bucket |
| What Power Used: | Hand |
| Distance from Dwelling: | About 270' |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Healthful |
| Diseases: | None |
| Prevalency: | |
| Local Causes: | No |
| Recommended Improvements: | No |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Landing on boatslip at boathouse - no wharf or road |
| Distance and Direction: | 800' NW from S tower |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | There is a hand car railroad extending from boathouse to dwellings & fog signal building for transporting coal & supplies. |
| Boats |
| Boat #1 | |
| Boat Number: | 5 |
| Type: | Dory |
| Length: | 5' |
| Width: | 13' |
| When Built: | 1922 |
| Date Harbored at Station: | Dec. 21, 1928 |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Boat #2 | |
| Boat Number: | 3 |
| Type: | Power Dory |
| Length: | 5' |
| Width: | 13' |
| When Built: | 1922 |
| Date Harbored at Station: | May 14, 1926 |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Boat #3 | |
| Boat Number: | 140 |
| Type: | Dory |
| Length: | 4' 6" |
| Width: | 13' |
| When Built: | 1919 |
| Date Harbored at Station: | 1920 |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Boat #4 | |
| Boat Number: | 35 |
| Type: | Power dory |
| Length: | 5' 6" |
| Width: | 19.5' |
| When Built: | 1922 |
| Date Harbored at Station: | March 21, 1925 |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Power Boat |
| Engine Type: | Gasoline |
| Horsepower: | 6 |
| Engine Maker: | Lathrop Number 21098 |
| Spare Coil: | |
| Magnet: | |
| Battery: | 6 dry cells |
| Propeller Diameter: | 18" |
| Propeller Pitch: | 24" (3 blade) |
| Hoisting Engines |
| Hoisting Engine Kind: | Gasoline - 6 HP |
| Engine RPMs: | 400 |
| Engine Diameter: | 6" |
| Engine Stroke: | 8 |
| Engine Boiler: | None |
| Engine Maker and Date: | Fairbanks Morse & Co. - date unknown - # 349534 |
| Serial Number: | |
| Cylinders and Size: | |
| Horsepower: | |
| Fuel: | |
| Hoist Starter: | |
| Hoist Miscellaneous: |
| Miscellaneous |
| General Information: | |
| Boats on Station: | In boathouse |