Report for Galloo Island (New York) - 1909
| General |
| District: | 10th |
| Inspector: | Chas. Bartlett, Chief Clerk and Norris Works, Supt |
| Location: | On SW'ly end of Galloo Island, E'ly end of Lake Ontario. |
| Date of Report: | 01/03/1909 |
| Latitude: | 43° 53' 19" |
| Longitude: | 76° 26' 48" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Purchased of Ogden Estate; Jurisdiction ceded by NY State |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | 12/13/1819 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | Originally 30 acres, now about 27 acres. |
| Area Inclosed: | All |
| Character of Soil: | Stony |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | About 200' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Wooden fence |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Wooden wharf |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | About 100 yds., cement |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | Station on Galloo Island & can only be reached by boat. |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | Sacketts Harbor, NY on RW & O RR 16 mi. - 12 mi to Henderson, NY |
| Distance to Post Office: | 12 mi to Henderson, NY |
| Distance to Village: | 12 mi to Henderson, NY |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | None |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | RW & O RR to Sackett's Harbor, thence by boat to Galloo Island. |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | Tower |
| Number of Separate Lights: | One |
| First Built or Established: | 1820 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | 1867 |
| Condition at This Date: | Good |
| Shape of Tower in Plan: | Circular |
| Form of Tower: | Conical |
| Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: | 60' |
| Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: | 58' 3" |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Light station stands in clear space, timber in extreme background. |
| Color of Tower: | Gray |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Natural color of limestone. |
| Tower Connection: | Connected by covered way. |
| Object of Navigation: | Lake coast |
| Building Materials: | Cut away limestone, quarried on the island, lined with brick. |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | 4' |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | 2' |
| Diameter at Base: | 15' - interior 6' 6" |
| Diameter at Parapet: | 10' 4" - interior 6' 6" |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Iron, circular |
| Number of Landings: | 2 |
| Size of Glass: | 10" x 11" |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 3 - 2 lower ones double 28" x 38" |
| Number of Doors: | 1 |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | Foundation reaches 4' below ground. Circular bed, 15' 6" dia. is cut into rock 1' deep. Cut stone masonry on outside, filled solidly with rubble masonry to floor of tower, 6' 3" above base line. |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | Fair, very stony |
| Soil Susceptibility: | All |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 4th |
| Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
| Diameter to Glass: | 6' 10" |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | 10 |
| Type of Bars: | Vertical |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 36" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | One |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | One |
| Thickness of Plates: | 5/16" or 3/8" |
| Size of Plates: | (28" x 37") 26 3/4" x 36" |
| Number of Storm Panes: | None |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | 1 = 36 degrees |
| What Bearings: | 222 degrees 45' (SW 3/16 S) to 258 degrees 45' W x S |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Iron & brass |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Cast iron with zinc lining. |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron |
| Lightning Spindle: | Copper |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | Copper cable led to ground from balustrade of lantern gallery. |
| Balustrade: | Iron |
| Lantern Doors: | Cast iron on brass hinges. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Cast iron |
| Watchroom Doors: | Cast iron trap door |
| Parapet Diameter: | 6' 4" |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | 4 in parapet of lantern, with revolving door. |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | 1 wooden step ladder |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Brass hooks screwed into lantern posts. |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | L. Sautter & Co., Paris |
| Year Made: | |
| Marks and Number: | No. 32 |
| Order of Apparatus: | 270 degree 4th order dioptric fresnel |
| Inside Diameter: | 19 5/8" |
| Light Characteristic: | Fixed white 270 degrees, visible 195 deg. 45 (S x W 3/8 W) to 285 - 45 (WNW 5/8 W) |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | 3 panels = 270 degrees; 90 degree reflector of silvered copper. |
| Number of Flash Panels: | |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | |
| 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 |
| Service Table: | Iron |
| Draft Tube Description: | Brass, 2.5" dia., no damper. |
| 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: | 4th order |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 3 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | None |
| Candle Power: |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 wick |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | 1.5" |
| Diameter of Mantel: | |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | Locker in tower wall, under lantern. |
| Oil House Description: | Square iron oil house, erected within dwelling inclosure, 60' SE of tower. Old oil room in dwelling is now used as an office. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
| Oil House Construction Material: | |
| Oil House Capacity: | |
| Other (Describe): | Old oil room in dwelling is now used as an office. |
| Suitability: | Dry |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | Marine steam boilers, 10" steam whistle, operated by Crosby Automatic Apparatus. |
| Time to Start: | 30 to 35 mins. with soft coal - 40 to 45 mins. with hard coal. |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
| Manufacturer: | Boilers by Thomson Kingsford, Oswego, NY |
| Year of Manufacture: | 1897 - Fog signal est. 8/2/1897 |
| Characteristic: | Blasts of 10 sec separated by silent interval of 30 sec. |
| Duplication: | All in duplicate. |
| Timing Device: | Crosby Automatic Apparatus |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | Whistle at 80 lbs |
| Height Above Water: | 29' |
| Compass Direction: | Whistle rises above roof of bldg. |
| Location: | Near general course of vessels bound to & from St. Lawrence River. |
| Distance and Direction: | About 300' S 67 degrees 30' W from tower. |
| Water Supply: | From Lake, thru galv. iron pipe along pier, steam pump to tank. |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | By cement walk |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | 1 story red brick bldg, natural color, on concrete foundation, Hip roof covered with tin & painted. Concrete floor. 36' x 22', floor to top of wall 13' - built from same plans as FS house at Tibbet's Point. |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
| Steam Signal |
| Steam Boiler: | |
| Kind: | Marine (Dog House) |
| Tube: | Flue tube |
| Dimensions: | 60" |
| Length: | 58" |
| Diameter: | |
| Tube Description: | 204 - 38 3/4" |
| Steam Tube Diameter: | 2" |
| Steam Furnace Kind: | |
| Furnace Length: | 4' 5" |
| Furnace Width: | 4' 3" |
| Furnace Height: | 1' 7" |
| Steam Heat Surface: | 421.5 sq. ft. (outside of tubes taken) |
| Steam Grate Surface: | 16.6 cubic ft. |
| Number of Grate Bars: | 28 in 1 boiler, 26 in the other. |
| Kind of Grate Bars: | 23" x 3.5", 2.5" thick (containing 3 bars) |
| Steam Fuel: | Anthracite & bituminous |
| Steam Safety Valve: | Crosby pop. blows at 87 lbs. |
| Steam Maximum Pressure: | Last test, cold water to 125 lbs. |
| Steam Working Pressure: | 80 lbs |
| Steam Diameter of Smokestack: | 21" |
| Smokestack Height: | 29' 6" |
| Drum Dimension: | 54" long |
| Steam Drum Diameter: | 38" |
| Steam Covering: | Asbestos |
| Steam Boiler Condition: | Good |
| Steam Boiler Built: | 1897 |
| Where Built: | Oswego, NY |
| Manufacturer: | Thomson Kingsford |
| Steam Heater: | False |
| Kind: | |
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| Heater Time Affect: | |
| Steam Engine Kind: | |
| Steam Engine Revolutions: | |
| Steam Engine Cyl. Diameter: | |
| Steam Engine Piston Stroke: | |
| Steam Engine Pipe Size: | |
| Steam Engine When Built: | |
| Steam Engine Where Built: | |
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| Whistle Signal |
| Whistle Diameter: | 10" |
| Whistle Height: | 20" |
| Whistle Orifice: | 2 3/4" |
| Whistle Tone: | |
| Whistle Chime: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | Attached to tower by passageway. |
| Coloring: | Gray limestone |
| Construction Materials: | Cut limestone, quarried on island |
| Number of Rooms: | 6 rooms, besides kitchen, summer kitchen & attic. |
| Number of Dwellings: | |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Barn, woodshed, privy, workroom, ice house, old boat house |
| Outhouse Coloring: | Barn - red, woodshed & boat house - white with lead trim, icehouse - white |
| Paths and Walks: | Cement walk from front gate past both dwellings to Fog Signal House - 2.5' x 355'; From kitchen door to woodshed 2.5' x 50'; also path from kitchen door to barn - 180' |
| Area Inclosed: | 27 acres, by rail fence on 2 land sides. Dwelling by picket fence. |
| Area of Garden: | 1/8 acre |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | None |
| Cultivation Area Available: | About 1/4 of ground = 6 3/4 acres. |
| Area Cultivated: | 3 acres |
| Character of Surroundings: | Clay loam, rather sandy. |
| Stove, Maker: | |
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| Sink, Maker: | |
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| Pump, Maker: | |
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| Lamps: |
| Assistant Keepers Dwellings |
| Location: | 50' NW'ly from tower |
| Coloring: | Light drab |
| Construction Materials: | Wooden frame |
| Number of Rooms: | 6 rooms besides closets, bathroom, etc. |
| Heating Plant: | |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 |
| Outhouses: | Woodshed |
| Outhouse Coloring: | White trimmed with lead. |
| Paths and Walks: | Cement walk from gate around to woodshed 2.5' x 40' |
| Area Inclosed: | About 1/16 acre by wire fence |
| Area of Garden: | 3/4 acre |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | None |
| Cultivation Area Available: | |
| Area Cultivated: | |
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| Water |
| How Procured: | From Lake & well |
| Quality: | |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | |
| Purity Precaution: | No filters |
| Tank Capacity: | 50 bbls, under kitchen, built of stone with brick arch; 49 bbls, under asst's porch, stone, lined & arched with brick, with concrete floor. |
| Tank Material: | |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | Drilled 68' thru granite |
| Well Diameter: | 5" base, sunk in 1884 |
| Well Lining: | Rock face |
| Pump or Bucket: | Pump |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: | 6'; water from cistern & well not used for drinking, Keeper uses Lake water |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Healthful |
| Diseases: | |
| Prevalency: | |
| Local Causes: | |
| Recommended Improvements: | Tile drain from kitchen of Keeper's dwelling to lake & Asst. Keeper's dwelling connected. |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | New Boat house of usual type 16' x 30', in plan, was built on shore near Fog Signal house in 1901. |
| Distance and Direction: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Plumbing (both dwelling) - common pitcher pump in kitchen, connected by lead pipe to cistern below. (Asst's dwelling) - Force pump in cellar supplies water from cistern to tank in attic (5' x 3.25' x 3' = 365 gal = 11.6 bbl.) Water closet & complete bath. |