Report for Isle Au Haut (Maine) - 1935

General
District: 1st
Inspector: Thomas Sampson, Asst. Superintendent
Location: On Robinson Point, NW'ly side of Isle Au Haut, ME., S'ly side of W'ly entrance to Isle Au Haut Thorofare, E'ly side of Isle Au Haut Bay
Date of Report: 05/03/1935
Latitude: 44° 03' 53N"
Longitude: 68° 39' 06W"
Premises
Site: Purchase
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 02/20/1907
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: About 2 acres
Area Inclosed: None
Character of Soil:
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: Tower stands at high-water mark
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: Steamboat from Rockland, ME., daily in summer to Stonington; thence mailboat to Isle Au Haut - 2 miles Isle Au Haut
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: 1907
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: 48'
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: High land covered with spruce trees
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Paint
Tower Connection: Detached
Object of Navigation: Harbor & local navigating purposes
Building Materials: Granite & brick
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base:
Wall Thickness at Parapet:
Diameter at Base:
Diameter at Parapet:
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Cast iron
Number of Landings:
Size of Glass: 16 3/4" x 15"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 2 - 20" x 34.5"
Number of Doors: 2
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:
Height Glazed: 36"
Number of Plates in Height: One
Number of Plates Each Side: One
Thickness of Plates: 1/4"
Size of Plates: 34" x 36" - red 6 panes 30" x 34.5"; 1 23 3/4" x 34.5"; 1 24 3/8" x 34.5"
Number of Storm Panes:
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Cast iron
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Cast iron in 8 parts bolted inside & lined with zinc
Ventilator / Cowl: Cast iron
Lightning Spindle: Copper with platinum point
Description of Lightning Rod:
Balustrade: Cast iron
Lantern Doors: Boiler iron with brass hinges & catch
Floor of Lantern: Cast iron
Watchroom Doors: None
Parapet Diameter:
Ventilators
Location / Number: Parapet
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: No
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Fitted to frieze - hung by rings on hooks
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker: Henry LePaute
Year Made: No date on lens
Marks and Number: Societi des Establiscements Henry LePaute, 11 Rue Desnouttes, Paris
Order of Apparatus: 4th
Inside Diameter: 20"
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: 5
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 6
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: Cast iron, has 4 standards with disc in center, & stands 45" high.
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:
How Color is Produced: Ruby glass in lantern
Red Sectors Description: ESE & NE by E or between 34 degrees & 60 degrees
Where Color Attached: Inside of lantern, has brass frame to swing open for cleaning glass
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: Acetylene light
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps: 1
Number of Spare Burners: 1
Candle Power:


Compressed Gas
Gas Container: 6 - A-50 tanks
Compressed Gas Capacity:
Compressed Gas Charge:
How Supply Renewed:
At What Intervals:
Spare Containers:


Gas Light
Gas Light Kind: Acetylene
Gas Light Number of Burners:
Kind of Burner: 3/4' burner
Candlepower Per Burner:
Total Candlepower:
Consumption Gas Burner Per Hour:
Total Consumption Per Hour:
How Gas Obtained:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: 1 - fitted with 3 shelves, 3 drawers & locker for oil cans. Used for lamps, wicks, etc.
Oil House Description: 470' ESE 1/2 E from tower. Wooden frame covered on outside & inside of wall & ceiling with wire lathing & concrete; roof slated.
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material:
Oil House Capacity: Fitted with 2 - 139 gal tanks for kerosene in bulk
Other (Describe): Storeroom in fuel house for storing supplies
Suitability: Dry & suited to purpose for which it was designed.
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse:
Distance and Direction:
Miscellaneous Remarks: The light & fog signal were established 30 December, 1907, & were in good condition at this date, May 1, 1935.