Report for Great Duck Island (Maine) - 1935
| General |
| District: | 1st |
| Inspector: | Thomas Sampson, Asst. Superintendent |
| Location: | On the SE'ly extremity of Great Duck Island, off the seacoast of Maine, & about 6 miles to the S of Mount Desert Island |
| Date of Report: | 05/03/1935 |
| Latitude: | 44° 08' 32" |
| Longitude: | 68° 14' 47" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Purchase |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | 07/01/1889 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | About 12 acres right of way & landing |
| Area Inclosed: | 8.85 acres |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | About 200' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Board fence |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Boat houses & boat slips - 2 |
| 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: | Tower |
| Number of Separate Lights: | One |
| First Built or Established: | 1890 |
| 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: | 66.5' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Dark trees |
| Color of Tower: | White |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Whitewash |
| Tower Connection: | Detached |
| Object of Navigation: | Secondary seacoast |
| Building Materials: | Brick, stone, & cement |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
| Diameter at Base: | |
| Diameter at Parapet: | |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Iron spiral |
| Number of Landings: | |
| Size of Glass: | 10.5 x 15.5 |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 3 - 23 5/8" x 35" |
| Number of Doors: | 1 |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 4th |
| Shape of Lantern: | Polygonal |
| Diameter to Glass: | |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | 8 |
| Type of Bars: | Vertical |
| Thickness of Bars: | 1 1/8" |
| Height Glazed: | 2' 11.5" x 34" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | One |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | One |
| Thickness of Plates: | 1/4" |
| Size of Plates: | |
| Number of Storm Panes: | |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Iron |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Iron |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Iron - 17" diameter |
| Lightning Spindle: | Copper secured to ventilator ball |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | Iron rail, with 10 posts 4' high |
| Lantern Doors: | Iron door with brass hinges & latch |
| Floor of Lantern: | Iron |
| Watchroom Doors: | Iron trap door |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | Lantern parapet |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Curtains hung on hooks |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | None |
| How is Relief Called: | Telephone |
| Where is Call System Led: | From fog signal to dwellings |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | 7 hours |
| Intensity in Candles: | 8,400 |
| Name of Maker: | Barbier, Benard & Turenne, Paris |
| Year Made: | 1889 |
| Marks and Number: | As above |
| Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
| Inside Diameter: | 19" |
| Light Characteristic: | |
| Time of Revolution: | Once in every 40 secs |
| Flash Interval: | 9 sec. |
| Duration of Flash: | 1 sec |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | 4 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | 4 |
| Arc of Each: | 90 degrees |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 5 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | |
| 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: | Iron |
| Service Table: | |
| Draft Tube Description: | Iron hung from ceiling |
| Revolving Machinery: | |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | Balls |
| Chariot Description: | |
| Length of Drop Tube: | 25' - 9" dia. |
| Clock Weight: | 130 lbs |
| Length of Winding Time: | 7 hours |
| Drive During Rewind: | Yes |
| Machinery Protection: | Glass case |
| Regulated: | By governor |
| Lens Protection: | Linen |
| How Color is Produced: | Glass in lantern |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | To illuminating apparatus |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | I.O.V. 35 mm type A |
| Type of Illuminant: | Kerosene |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 2 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 1 |
| Candle Power: | 600 CP |
| Clock Cord Description |
| Revolving Cord: | Wire cord |
| Size of Clock Cord: | 1/8" |
| Length of Clock Cord: | 192' |
| How Led: | Triple sheave blocks |
| Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: | 4" x 4" |
| Chariot Balls |
| Balls Description: | Flat surface |
| Cage to Separate Balls: | False |
| Number of Balls: | 21 |
| Diameter of Balls: | 3/8" |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | 1 in service room |
| Oil House Description: | 125' E of tower |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 8' 0" x 10'0" |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Stone with slate roof |
| Oil House Capacity: | 2 large & 3 small tanks - 617 gals total |
| Other (Describe): | Closet in workroom fitted with 3 shelves, used for storing wicks & lamps |
| Suitability: | Dry & suitable |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | Type F diaphone |
| Time to Start: | 10 mins |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | Not under pressure |
| Manufacturer: | |
| Year of Manufacture: | |
| Characteristic: | 2.5 sec blast; 17.5 sec. silent |
| Duplication: | All parts |
| Timing Device: | Geared diaphone timer |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | 50 lbs |
| Height Above Water: | About 30' |
| Compass Direction: | |
| Location: | 60' S of lighthouse |
| Distance and Direction: | 60' S'ly |
| Water Supply: | Cistern |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | Path through rain shed |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | Brick building - 27' 3" x 27' 3" inside; 32 x 32 outside |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: | Yes, Crosby |
| Bell Signal |
| Weight: | 1,300 lbs |
| Metal: | Bell |
| Diameter: | 37 |
| Height: | 27 |
| Time: | |
| Manufacturer: | Blake Bell Co. 1891 |
| Weights for Operation: |
| Siren Signal |
| Siren: | |
| Siren Diameter: | |
| Siren Built Date: | |
| Siren Manufacturer: | |
| Siren Ports: | |
| Siren Revolutions: | |
| Siren Governor: | |
| Siren Condition: | 2 - 2 mouth C.I. horns - 1 for each diaphone |
| Internal Combustion Signal |
| Fog Signal Kind: | |
| Internal Combustion Kind: | Semi-deisel - 2 cycle |
| Internal Combustion Manufacturer: | Venn Severin Machine Co., Chicago, Illinois |
| Internal Combustion Date: | 1926 |
| Internal Combustion Size: | Type D |
| Internal Combustion Horsepower: | 20 |
| Internal Combustion Fuel: | Distilate |
| Internal Combustion Starter: | Compressed air |
| Compressor Maker: | Gardiner Governor Co., Quincy, Illinois - 1926 |
| Compressor Seat: | On same shaft |
| Compressor Machinery: | |
| Compressor Diameter: | 8" |
| Compressor Stroke: | 8" |
| Compressor RPMs: | 300 - 600 |
| Character of Air Inlet: | Feather 4" |
| Kind of Unloader: | Penn Unloader Pilot |
| Diameter of Delivery Pipe: | 4" |
| Air Receiver |
| Number: | 2 |
| Diameter: | 4" |
| Height: | 7' 6" |
| Capacity Cubic Feet: | 100 |
| Pressure in Each: | 50 |
| Make of Reducing Valve: | None |
| Remarks: | Timed by belting from engines |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | 3 dwellings - about 250' N'ly |
| Coloring: | White |
| Construction Materials: | Wood |
| Number of Rooms: | 6 each |
| Number of Dwellings: | 3 |
| Heating Plant: | Heated by stoves (oil heaters) |
| Number of Keepers: | Keeper & 2 assistants |
| Furnished Quarters: | All |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | 4 |
| Outhouse Coloring: | White |
| Paths and Walks: | Walks |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | None |
| Area Cultivated: | None |
| Character of Surroundings: | |
| Stove, Maker: | Portland S.F. Co, (all 3) |
| Stove, Size: | Royal Atlantic (1); Queen Atlantic (2) |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | 26 x 46 x 6 |
| Pump, Maker: | Douglass (all 3) |
| Pump, Size: | #2 (all 3) |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | Rain from roofs of dwellings |
| Quality: | Good |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | No |
| Purity Precaution: | Cisterns cleaned frequently |
| Tank Capacity: | Cistern in each dwelling 1,680 gals. each; Cisterns in fog signal 50,000 gals each |
| Tank Material: | Brick |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | Pump |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Good |
| Diseases: | None |
| Prevalency: | No |
| Local Causes: | No |
| Recommended Improvements: | No |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | 2 boat houses - 2 boat slips |
| Distance and Direction: | 1, about 300' SW'ly; 1 about 2,400' N'ly |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Kerosene tanks - 3 - 2,040) 6,120 2 - 239) 478 3 - 139) 417 _____ 7,015 gals. |
| Boats |
| Boat #1 | |
| Boat Number: | 148 |
| Type: | Dory |
| Length: | |
| Width: | 13' |
| When Built: | |
| Date Harbored at Station: | |
| Sails: | True |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Boat #2 | |
| Boat Number: | 169 |
| Type: | Power Boat |
| Length: | 7' 6" |
| Width: | 21' |
| When Built: | 1932 |
| Date Harbored at Station: | |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Boat #3 | |
| Boat Number: | 167 |
| Type: | Peapod |
| Length: | 5'0" |
| Width: | 15' |
| When Built: | 1931 |
| Date Harbored at Station: | |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Power Boat |
| Engine Type: | Mianus |
| Horsepower: | 7.5 |
| Engine Maker: | Mianus Motor Co. |
| Spare Coil: | |
| Magnet: | |
| Battery: | Dry |
| Propeller Diameter: | 17" |
| Propeller Pitch: | 16" |
| Hoisting Engines |
| Hoisting Engine Kind: | 2 cylinder |
| Engine RPMs: | 300 |
| Engine Diameter: | 7" |
| Engine Stroke: | 9.5" |
| Engine Boiler: | Ledgewood |
| Engine Maker and Date: | |
| Serial Number: | |
| Cylinders and Size: | |
| Horsepower: | |
| Fuel: | |
| Hoist Starter: | |
| Hoist Miscellaneous: |