Report for Avery Rock Light Station (Maine) - 1935

General
District: 1st
Inspector: Thomas Sampson, Asst. Superintendent
Location: On southerly end of Avery Rock, ME in Machias Bay
Date of Report: 05/03/1935
Latitude: 44° 39' 16"
Longitude: 67° 20' 41"
Premises
Site: Ceded by state of Maine
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 11/06/1874
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: Whole rock
Area Inclosed:
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: 25 ft
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises: Boatslip
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:
Facilities for Public Conveyance:
Facilities for Private Conveyance:
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Brick tower
Number of Separate Lights: One
First Built or Established: 1875
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: 53 ft
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Woods
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced:
Tower Connection: Tower rises from middle of dwelling
Object of Navigation: Bay & harbor
Building Materials: Brick
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' x 13
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 1-30 5/8" x 57"
Number of Doors: Two
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface:
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse:
Soil Susceptibility:
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 4th order
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal with cylindrical base
Diameter to Glass:
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides:
Type of Bars: Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 3 ft
Number of Plates in Height: 1
Number of Plates Each Side: 1
Thickness of Plates: 1/4"
Size of Plates:
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern: None
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Cast iron
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Cast iron
Ventilator / Cowl: Cast iron
Lightning Spindle: Yes
Description of Lightning Rod: Copper
Balustrade: Cast iron posts and iron pipe railing
Lantern Doors: 1 iron door with bass hinges; 1 wooden door with iron hinges
Floor of Lantern: Cast iron
Watchroom Doors: Wooden door fitted with iron hinges
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: Lower part of lantern
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: None
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: No curtains - station is unwatched
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles: 1440
Name of Maker: Macbeth-Evans Glass Co, Pittsburg PA
Year Made: Not known
Marks and Number:
Order of Apparatus: 4th
Inside Diameter: 19 1/2"
Light Characteristic: Fixed
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: Six
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each: 60 degrees
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 5
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 6
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 4
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: Cast iron
Service Table:
Draft Tube Description: Iron 1 1/2" hung from ceiling
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: Linen
How Color is Produced: Ruby lantern glass
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached: To lantern
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: Kerosene
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps:
Number of Spare Burners:
Candle Power:


Vapor Oil Lamp
Number of Wicks or Mantels:
Diameter of Outside Wick:
Diameter of Mantel: 35 mm
Diameter of Circum Circle:


Compressed Gas
Gas Container: 10-A-50
Compressed Gas Capacity: 1800
Compressed Gas Charge: 196 lbs
How Supply Renewed: Changing full tank for empty tank
At What Intervals: 8 months
Spare Containers:


Gas Light
Gas Light Kind: Acetylene
Gas Light Number of Burners: 1
Kind of Burner: 1 cu ft
Candlepower Per Burner: 54
Total Candlepower:
Consumption Gas Burner Per Hour: 1/4 cubic ft.
Total Consumption Per Hour:
How Gas Obtained: Compressed in cylinders
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: Closet fitted with shelves for service closet
Oil House Description: North of dwelling
Oil House Inside Dimension: 8' 8" x 10' 8"
Oil House Construction Material: Brick
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe): Closet in trimming room fitted with shelves
Suitability: Dry & suitable
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Bell buoy placed off station
Time to Start:
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer:
Year of Manufacture:
Characteristic:
Duplication:
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location: Entrance to Machias Bay
Distance and Direction: Connected to dwelling on south side
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse: Through dwelling
Description of Fog Signal Building:
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse:
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: Old 4th order lens acetylene gas light installed 1/1934 and station made automatic so eliminated keeper. Bell buoy about 200 ft southwest of rock.