Report for Guard Island (Alaska) - 1913
General |
District: | 16th |
Inspector: | Various |
Location: | At N'ly entrance to Tongass Narrows on N'ly Guard Island. |
Date of Report: | 10/02/1913 |
Latitude: | 55° 26' 42" |
Longitude: | 131° 52' 50" |
Premises |
Site: | Public land reserved by Executive Order |
Date of Reservation: | 01/06/1901 |
Date of Deed: | |
Date of Permission: | |
Date of Lease: | |
Area of the Entire Site: | 9.5 acres |
Area Inclosed: | None |
Character of Soil: | |
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 65' |
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | |
Wharf or Landing on Premises: | On NE'ly extremity of island. |
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
Means to Reach Light Station: | By boat or launch from Ketchikan, about 10.5 miles. |
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, also carrying bell |
Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
First Built or Established: | Sept. 15, 1904 |
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | 1912 |
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: | 79' |
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Approach from N'd a dark background about 3 miles distant; generally the sky. |
Color of Tower: | White |
Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
Tower Connection: | Detached |
Object of Navigation: | Aid to vessels approaching or leaving N'ly entrance to Tongass Narrows. |
Building Materials: | Frame on concrete foundation |
General Description: | |
Wall Thickness at Base: | |
Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
Diameter at Base: | |
Diameter at Parapet: | |
Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Wooden |
Number of Landings: | |
Size of Glass: | 1st floor 14" x 16"; 2nd floor 18" x 20" |
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 3 1st floor, 18" x 30"; 4 2nd floor 22" x 24" |
Number of Doors: | 1 outside door, 2' 10" x 6' 8"; 1 trap door to lantern, 1 lantern to parapet |
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | |
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
Soil Susceptibility: | |
Miscellaneous Remarks: | Tower is on highest point of N'ly island of group. |
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: | |
Height Glazed: | 3' |
Number of Plates in Height: | One |
Number of Plates Each Side: | One |
Thickness of Plates: | 5/16" |
Size of Plates: | 2' 10 1/4" x 3' 5/8" |
Number of Storm Panes: | |
Unglazed Side of Lantern: | None |
What Bearings: | |
Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron sill; bronze posts, cast iron soffit, wrought iron rafters & purlins |
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Copper |
Ventilator / Cowl: | Copper |
Lightning Spindle: | Brass spindle with platinum tip |
Description of Lightning Rod: | |
Balustrade: | Wooden balcony rail, around gallery, gallery floor covered with copper. |
Lantern Doors: | 1 hinged trap door in floor 20" x 26"; 1 door thru parapet 26" x 33" galv. hinges & brass lock. |
Floor of Lantern: | Wood |
Watchroom Doors: | Trap door, hinged. |
Parapet Diameter: |
Ventilators |
Location / Number: | 4 in upper part of lantern |
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | Wooden portable step ladder |
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Curtains hung on spring rollers, bronze brackets. |
Watchroom |
How is Watchroom Fitted: | 1st floor of tower used as watchroom with locker. |
How is Relief Called: | None |
Where is Call System Led: |
Illuminating Apparatus |
Kind of Apparatus: | |
Intensity in Candles: | W 270; R 70 |
Name of Maker: | Supplied from Thompkinsville Depot |
Year Made: | 1904 |
Marks and Number: | None |
Order of Apparatus: | 6th |
Inside Diameter: | 11 4/5" |
Light Characteristic: | |
Time of Revolution: | |
Flash Interval: | |
Duration of Flash: | |
Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
Number of Panels: | 4 |
Number of Flash Panels: | |
Arc of Each: | |
Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 7 |
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 0 |
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 0 |
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: | Wooden pedestal, brass base added to bring flasher to proper height |
Service Table: | |
Draft Tube Description: | None |
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: | Not any |
How Color is Produced: | By ruby panel in lantern |
Red Sectors Description: | 299 degrees & 332 degrees |
Where Color Attached: | Lantern strips of ruby glass of proper width secured wooden cleats at top & bottom. |
Form of Colored Glass: | |
Lamp Description: | AGA Flasher |
Type of Illuminant: | Acetylene gas |
Number of Spare Lamps: | None |
Number of Spare Burners: | None |
Candle Power: | W 270; R 70 |
Compressed Gas |
Gas Container: | 4 AGA A25 |
Compressed Gas Capacity: | 90 cu ft. |
Compressed Gas Charge: | 150 lbs |
How Supply Renewed: | Substituting full containers for empties |
At What Intervals: | 4 months |
Spare Containers: |
Gas Light |
Gas Light Kind: | Acetylene |
Gas Light Number of Burners: | 1 |
Kind of Burner: | AGA type |
Candlepower Per Burner: | 30 |
Total Candlepower: | Thru lens W 270, R 70 |
Consumption Gas Burner Per Hour: | 3/4 cu ft. |
Total Consumption Per Hour: | .127 cu ft. |
How Gas Obtained: | From accumulators containing acetylene in acetone |
Occulting Light |
Characteristic: | Light 0.5 sec, dark 1 sec., light 0.5 sec, dark 4 sec.; period = 6 sec, luminous time = 1/6 |
Time Limit: | Unable to state |
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: | American Gas Accumulator Co. |
Valve Pattern: | Dahlen patent, flasher |
Reliability: | Yes |
Closets and Store Rooms |
Tower Closet Use: | Locker in 1st floor fitted with 1 shelf & coat & hat hooks. |
Oil House Description: | 40' E'ly of tower, not used |
Oil House Inside Dimension: | 9' x 15' |
Oil House Construction Material: | Wood & corrugated iron |
Oil House Capacity: | |
Other (Describe): | None, except in dwelling |
Suitability: | Dry & suitable. |
Fog Signal General |
Fog Signal Kind: | Stevens improved fog-bell striker & 1200 lb bell operating weight 800 lbs, 3/8" steel wire cable 50' long. |
Time to Start: | Ready for immediate service |
How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
Manufacturer: | |
Year of Manufacture: | |
Characteristic: | 1 blow every 20 sec. |
Duplication: | None |
Timing Device: | |
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | |
Height Above Water: | |
Compass Direction: | |
Location: | Bell hung from beam on N'ly face of tower on 2nd floor, clockwork placed on 2nd floor, weights passing thru to 1st floor. |
Distance and Direction: | Attached to lighthouse |
Water Supply: | None required |
Reached from Lighthouse: | |
Description of Fog Signal Building: | Bell tower supports lantern |
Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
Bell Signal |
Weight: | 1200 lbs |
Metal: | Bell metal |
Diameter: | 40" |
Height: | 28 5/8" |
Time: | 2 1/4 hours |
Manufacturer: | Geo. M. Stevens, Boston, MA 1904 |
Weights for Operation: |
Dwelling |
Location: | 1 dwelling about 100' N'ly from tower |
Coloring: | White with brown roof |
Construction Materials: | Lower story concrete, balance frame |
Number of Rooms: | 6 living rooms, fuel room, cellar, pantry, bathroom & garrett |
Number of Dwellings: | |
Heating Plant: | Boynton's Water Heater, NY |
Number of Keepers: | 1 |
Furnished Quarters: | |
NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
Outhouses: | 1 boathouse & car house, both frame |
Outhouse Coloring: | White with brown roof |
Paths and Walks: | Cement walks from dwelling to all other bldgs. |
Area Inclosed: | |
Area of Garden: | |
Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
Cultivation Area Available: | None |
Area Cultivated: | None |
Character of Surroundings: | Rocky |
Stove, Maker: | Niagara Stove Co., Buffalo NY |
Stove, Size: | 2' 2" x 2' 10" Range |
Sink, Maker: | Enameled |
Sink, Size: | 1' 6" x 2' 6" |
Pump, Maker: | Gould, Seneca Falls, NY |
Pump, Size: | 3" |
Lamps: | 3 5th order table lamps, 2 kerosene hand lanterns, 3 kerosene hand lamps. |
Water |
How Procured: | Rain water off roofs |
Quality: | Fair |
Quantity: | Ample |
Injury Possible: | Well protected in cement cistern 10' above high water. |
Purity Precaution: | Filters thru brick wall; cistern painted inside with P&B paint |
Tank Capacity: | 1, 12000 gal cap, 6' from N'ly end of bldg |
Tank Material: | Concrete |
Distilling Apparatus: | False |
Distilling Manufacturer: | |
Well Description: | |
Well Diameter: | |
Well Lining: | |
Pump or Bucket: | Pump |
What Power Used: | Hand |
Distance from Dwelling: | Hand pump in dwelling, tank in attic. |
Healthfulness |
General Opinion: | Good |
Diseases: | None |
Prevalency: | No |
Local Causes: | No |
Recommended Improvements: |
Miscellaneous |
Access to Lighthouse: | Landing (inclosed tramway); boat car operated by gasoline engine in boat house. |
Distance and Direction: | About 300' NE'ly from tower |
Miscellaneous Remarks: |
Boats |
Boat #1 | |
Boat Number: | 12 |
Type: | Launch |
Length: | 5' |
Width: | 18' |
When Built: | Oct. 20, 1910 |
Date Harbored at Station: | May 22, 1912 |
Sails: | False |
Suited to Work: | No |
Boat #2 | |
Boat Number: | 13 |
Type: | Dinghy |
Length: | 4' 8" |
Width: | 14' |
When Built: | Not known |
Date Harbored at Station: | Nov. 1905 |
Sails: | True |
Suited to Work: | Yes |
Power Boat |
Engine Type: | Scripps Motor |
Horsepower: | 4:5 |
Engine Maker: | Scripps Motor Co. |
Spare Coil: | |
Magnet: | None |
Battery: | Dry - 6 |
Propeller Diameter: | 14" |
Propeller Pitch: | 16" |
Hoisting Engines |
Hoisting Engine Kind: | 4 STP gasoline engine |
Engine RPMs: | 350 |
Engine Diameter: | 5" |
Engine Stroke: | 8" |
Engine Boiler: | |
Engine Maker and Date: | Fairbanks Morse No 131,740 |
Serial Number: | |
Cylinders and Size: | |
Horsepower: | |
Fuel: | |
Hoist Starter: | |
Hoist Miscellaneous: |
Miscellaneous |
General Information: | |
Boats on Station: | In boathouse |