Report for Dog Island (Maine) - 1935

General
District: 1st
Inspector: Thomas Sampson, Asst. Superintendent
Location: Eastport - guide to St. Croix River on NE point of island
Date of Report: 05/03/1935
Latitude: 44° 55' 06N"
Longitude: 66° 59' 29E"
Premises
Site: Purchase
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 09/01/1918
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site:
Area Inclosed:
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: 40'
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises: None
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: Boat from Eastport
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: One
First Built or Established: 1919
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: 32'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Sky
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Tower on tank house
Object of Navigation: Harbor & channel - general navigation
Building Materials: Iron
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:
Number of Doors:
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 200 mm
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal
Diameter to Glass:
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 8
Type of Bars: Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed:
Number of Plates in Height: One
Number of Plates Each Side: One
Thickness of Plates:
Size of Plates:
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern:
Construction Material Roof / Cowl:
Ventilator / Cowl:
Lightning Spindle:
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade:
Lantern Doors:
Floor of Lantern:
Watchroom Doors:
Parapet Diameter:
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 70 W. - 20 R.
Name of Maker: American Gas Accumulator Co.
Year Made: 1918
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: 200 mm
Inside Diameter:
Light Characteristic:
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval: 4 sec.
Duration of Flash: 1 sec.
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels:
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum:
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum:
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum:
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:
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description:
Revolving Machinery:
Standby and Description:
Chariot Float or Balls:
Chariot Description: Light is electric incandescent operated by remote control Flash by electric motor driven flasher
Length of Drop Tube:
Clock Weight:
Length of Winding Time:
Drive During Rewind:
Machinery Protection:
Regulated:
Lens Protection:
How Color is Produced: Red sector
Red Sectors Description: Red Sector covers Clark Ledge from 306 to 36 degrees - 90 degrees
Where Color Attached: Outside lantern
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description:
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps:
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power:


Occulting Light
Characteristic:
Time Limit:
Eclipse Type: Valve
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: Yes
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Electric siren
Time to Start:
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer:
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic: 5 sec blast, 25 sec silent
Duplication: None
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location: Electric siren mounted on tower double mouth parallel with channel
Distance and Direction:
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse:
Description of Fog Signal Building: Electric siren mounted on tower operated by motor driven characteristic clock located in tower operated by remote control by attendant
Pressure And Recording Gauge: