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