Report for Mary Island (Alaska) - 1913
| General |
| District: | 16th |
| Inspector: | Compiled from various sources |
| Location: | On E'ly end of Mary Island, W'ly side of Revillagigedo Channel. |
| Date of Report: | 12/22/1913 |
| Latitude: | 55° 05' 53" |
| Longitude: | 131° 11' 06" |
| 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: | 227.8 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | 2.5 acres (about) |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 70' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Board fence |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Inclined tramway about 500' NW'ly of light. |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By small boat from Ketchikan, about 23 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 rising thru center of octagonal shaped bldg used as fog signal house. |
| Number of Separate Lights: | 1 |
| First Built or Established: | 1903 |
| 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: | 86' |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Heavily wooded rolling hills |
| Color of Tower: | White |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
| Tower Connection: | Detached |
| Object of Navigation: | General, aid to navigating Revillagigedo Channel |
| Building Materials: | Frame, 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: | 10" x 18" |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 4 - 2' x 3' 6" |
| Number of Doors: | 3; 1 - 2' 8" x 6' 8"; 1 - 2' 2" x 6'; 1 - 2' 2" x 6' 6" |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 4t |
| Shape of Lantern: | Cylindrical |
| Diameter to Glass: | 7' 8.5" |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | |
| Type of Bars: | Helical |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 3' 1 1/4" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 1 & 2 |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | |
| Thickness of Plates: | 1/4" |
| Size of Plates: | 2' 1.08" x 2' 1.08" |
| Number of Storm Panes: | |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Iron, bronze, & glass |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Cast iron |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron |
| Lightning Spindle: | Brass spindle with platinum tip |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | Wooden; floor covered with copper |
| Lantern Doors: | Gallery door iron; bronze hinges, lock etc. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Wood |
| Watchroom Doors: | None |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | Parapet of lantern |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | Wooden step ladder |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Brass brackets, holding spring rollers. |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | On 1st floor fitted with desk |
| How is Relief Called: | None |
| Where is Call System Led: |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | W 520; R 130 |
| Name of Maker: | Chance Brothers & Co. |
| Year Made: | 1902 |
| Marks and Number: | Lighthouse works near Birmingham |
| Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
| Inside Diameter: | 19 11/16" |
| Light Characteristic: | |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | 360 degrees |
| Number of Panels: | 4 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | None |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 7 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 6, fixed |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 3, fixed |
| 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: | 4 iron columns with brass casing supporting circular steel plate; cast iron base & intermediate circular brass plate. |
| Service Table: | |
| Draft Tube Description: | There is 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, red sector |
| Red Sectors Description: | 153 degrees & 165 degrees |
| Where Color Attached: | Lantern |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | 4th |
| Type of Illuminant: | Oil |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 2 |
| Candle Power: | 52 |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | One |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | 1.5" |
| Diameter of Mantel: | |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | 2 lockers on 2nd floor fitted with shelves |
| Oil House Description: | 2 - 40' in rear (W'ly) of tower. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 7' 6" x 11' |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Frame covered with galv. iron. |
| Oil House Capacity: | 980 5-gal cans each |
| Other (Describe): | On 1st floor, workroom & fuel room |
| Suitability: |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | 3rd class Daboll trumpet |
| Time to Start: | 11 minutes |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | 4 or 5 minutes |
| Manufacturer: | |
| Year of Manufacture: | |
| Characteristic: | 3 sec blast, 3 sec silent, 3 sec blast, 21 sec silent |
| Duplication: | Engines, compressors, air tanks, water tanks, tripping devices, 1 spare reed. |
| Timing Device: | Cam wheel, cam wheel shaft geared to main pulley shaft |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | 9# |
| Height Above Water: | 41' |
| Compass Direction: | 74 degrees |
| Location: | In same bldg |
| Distance and Direction: | In same bldg |
| Water Supply: | Drainage off roof |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | Octagonal shaped frame bldg, concrete foundation with tower for lantern, rising thru center of structure. |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: | James P. Marsh & Co., Chicago 3" gauge valve |
| Internal Combustion Signal |
| Fog Signal Kind: | |
| Internal Combustion Kind: | Mietz & Weiss oil N engine 1671, S engine 1673 |
| Internal Combustion Manufacturer: | Mietz & Weiss, 128 & 130 Mott St. NY |
| Internal Combustion Date: | 1902 |
| Internal Combustion Size: | 6" dia. cyl |
| Internal Combustion Horsepower: | 4 |
| Internal Combustion Fuel: | Mineral oil |
| Internal Combustion Starter: | Kerosene torch |
| Compressor Maker: | Clayton Air Compressor Co., Brooklyn, NY last patent 534814, Installed 1902 |
| Compressor Seat: | Same bed, geared |
| Compressor Machinery: | 2 22/25 ratio |
| Compressor Diameter: | |
| Compressor Stroke: | 7" |
| Compressor RPMs: | 130 |
| Character of Air Inlet: | 1 3/4" pipe |
| Kind of Unloader: | Globe valve 1.5" |
| Diameter of Delivery Pipe: | 1 3/4" |
| Daboll Signal |
| Daboll: | 3rd class |
| Daboll Reed: | |
| Daboll Length: | |
| Daboll Breadth: | |
| Daboll Base Thickness: | |
| Daboll Tip Thickness: |
| Trumpet Signal |
| Trumpet: | |
| Trumpet Length: | 12' |
| Trumpet Diameter: | |
| Trumpet Material: |
| Air Receiver |
| Number: | 2 |
| Diameter: | 42" |
| Height: | 7' |
| Capacity Cubic Feet: | 67 |
| Pressure in Each: | |
| Make of Reducing Valve: | Not used |
| Remarks: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | 125', 225 degrees from tower |
| Coloring: | White with green trimmings, brown roof |
| Construction Materials: | Frame with concrete basement |
| Number of Rooms: | 5 living, 1 bath, 1 pantry, 2 storerooms, 2 closets & 1 tank room |
| Number of Dwellings: | 2 |
| Heating Plant: | No. 202 hot water heater (Perfect) set in basement. |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Shed attached to dwellings |
| Outhouse Coloring: | White |
| Paths and Walks: | Concrete |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | None, except for garden patches |
| Area Cultivated: | About 300 sq. ft. |
| Character of Surroundings: | Rocky, marshy, timbered |
| Stove, Maker: | The Van Range Co., Cinn. OH |
| Stove, Size: | No 8 - 6 holes # 440 |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | 20" x 30" |
| Pump, Maker: | Reiss |
| Pump, Size: | 3" hand force pump |
| Lamps: | 1 hand lamp, E.Miller & Co., Meridian, CT; 1 hand lamp no marks, 1 table lamp no marks. |
| Assistant Keepers Dwellings |
| Location: | 125', 283 degrees from tower |
| Coloring: | White with green trimmings, brown roof |
| Construction Materials: | Frame with concrete basement |
| Number of Rooms: | 5 living, 1 bath, 1 pantry, 2 storerooms, 2 closets & 1 tank room |
| Heating Plant: | No. 202 hot water heater (Perfect) set in basement. |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 |
| Outhouses: | Shed attached to dwellings |
| Outhouse Coloring: | White |
| Paths and Walks: | Concrete |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | None, except for garden patches |
| Area Cultivated: | About 300 sq. ft. |
| Character of Surroundings: | Rocky, marshy, timbered |
| Stove, Maker: | The Van Range Co., Cinn. OH |
| Stove, Size: | No 8 - 6 holes # 440 |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | 20" x 30" |
| Pump, Maker: | Reiss |
| Pump, Size: | 3" hand force pump |
| Lamps: | 1 hand lamp, E.Miller & Co., Meridian, CT; 1 hand lamp no marks, 1 table lamp no marks. |
| Water |
| How Procured: | From roof of bldg |
| Quality: | Fair |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | No |
| Purity Precaution: | Filtered thru soft brick walls |
| Tank Capacity: | Alongside dwellings, 2 @ 12,000 gal each |
| 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: |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Good |
| Diseases: | None |
| Prevalency: | No |
| Local Causes: | No |
| Recommended Improvements: | No |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Inclined tramways with car, hoisting by gasoline engine, boathouse at head of inclined tramway, with turntable & tramway leading to dwellings. |
| Distance and Direction: | About 500' NW'ly |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Boats |
| Boat #1 | |
| Boat Number: | 10 |
| Type: | Sail |
| Length: | 4' 8" |
| Width: | 18' |
| When Built: | Not known |
| Date Harbored at Station: | May, 1903 |
| Sails: | True |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Boat #2 | |
| Boat Number: | 11 |
| Type: | Dinghy |
| Length: | 4' 8" |
| Width: | 14' |
| When Built: | Not known |
| Date Harbored at Station: | May, 1903 |
| Sails: | True |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Hoisting Engines |
| Hoisting Engine Kind: | Gasoline geared hoisting engine, 4 HP |
| Engine RPMs: | 350 |
| Engine Diameter: | 5" |
| Engine Stroke: | 8" |
| Engine Boiler: | |
| Engine Maker and Date: | Fairbanks Morse, 1914 |
| Serial Number: | |
| Cylinders and Size: | |
| Horsepower: | |
| Fuel: | |
| Hoist Starter: | |
| Hoist Miscellaneous: |
| Miscellaneous |
| General Information: | |
| Boats on Station: | In boathouse |