Report for Mary Island (Alaska) - 1938
| General |
| District: | 13th |
| Inspector: | |
| Location: | On NE shore of island. W'ly side of Revillagigedo Channel. |
| Date of Report: | 04/03/1938 |
| Latitude: | 55° 06' |
| Longitude: | 131° 10.9' |
| 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: | 227.6 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | 2.5 acres |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 90' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Board fence |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | |
| Distance to Nearest Road: | |
| Distance to Post Office: | 22 miles by boat from Ketchikan |
| Distance to Village: | |
| Facilities for Public Conveyance: | |
| Facilities for Private Conveyance: | |
| Means Used for Support of Lantern: | |
| Number of Separate Lights: | |
| First Built or Established: | 1903 |
| Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated: | Rebuilt 1937 |
| 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: | 74' 9" |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | |
| Color of Tower: | White |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Medusa Cement |
| Tower Connection: | |
| Object of Navigation: | |
| Building Materials: | Concrete |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
| Diameter at Base: | |
| Diameter at Parapet: | |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | |
| Number of Landings: | |
| Size of Glass: | 28" x 28" |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 4 windows in top landing; 3 windows below 2 light. |
| Number of Doors: | 2 - 2' x 6' 8"; 2 - 2' 6" x 6' 8"; 2 - 3' x 7' |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | 1 story reinforced concrete bldg 20' 6" x 36' with full basement & 13' square concrete tower in front & part of main bldg. Tower is about 5 stories high. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 4th |
| Shape of Lantern: | Cylindrical |
| Diameter to Glass: | 7' 8 1/16" |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | |
| Type of Bars: | Helical |
| Thickness of Bars: | 3/4" |
| Height Glazed: | 3' 1 1/4" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 1 & 2 alternating |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | Circular |
| Thickness of Plates: | 1/4" |
| Size of Plates: | 2' 1.08" x 2' 1.08" |
| Number of Storm Panes: | |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | Completely glazed 360 degrees. |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Cast iron & bronze |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Cast iron |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Cast iron |
| Lightning Spindle: | |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | Brass with concrete corners |
| Lantern Doors: | Iron, bronze hinges lock, glazed in upper half. |
| Floor of Lantern: | Concrete |
| Watchroom Doors: | |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | |
| Name of Maker: | Chance Brothers & Co |
| Year Made: | |
| Marks and Number: | Lighthouse Works near Birmingham |
| Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
| Inside Diameter: | 19 11/16" |
| Light Characteristic: | Flash 1 sec., eclipse 1 sec., Flash 1 sec., eclipse 7 sec. |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| 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: | By 2 LSR-700 A timers |
| 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: | |
| Revolving Machinery: | Fixed lens. Door which is on shore side has 5 horizontal prismatic reflecting elements. Door panel is open above & below these elements. |
| 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 attached to inside of lantern. Btwn bearing, true 149 degrees & 165 degrees. |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | 300 W PS-35 Mogul C. 7A Clear; 4th order oil lamp fixed |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | |
| Number of Spare Burners: | |
| Candle Power: | 1800 R, 6000 W |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | |
| Oil House Description: | 2 steel fuel oil tanks 6' x 10' 10" x 9' 7" located in N end of basement |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Concrete wall cast all around tanks & concrete floor cover top of tanks. |
| Oil House Capacity: | About 4400 gal each. |
| Other (Describe): | |
| Suitability: |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | 2 type CC diaphones are located on 2nd floor of tower |
| Time to Start: | |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| Year of Manufacture: | |
| Characteristic: | 2 blasts every 30 sec.; blast 3 sec, silent 3 sec, blast 3 sec, silent 21 sec. |
| Duplication: | Yes |
| Timing Device: | 2 LSR 700 A timers |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | |
| Height Above Water: | 39' 6" & 42' 3" |
| Compass Direction: | E'ly |
| Location: | |
| Distance and Direction: | |
| Water Supply: | |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | 1 story reinforced concrete bldg 20' 6" x 36' with full basement & 13' sq. concrete tower 5 stories high in front of & part of main bldg. |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: |
| Internal Combustion Signal |
| Fog Signal Kind: | |
| Internal Combustion Kind: | 4 cyl Dir. conn'd Waukesha Oil Engine water cooled |
| Internal Combustion Manufacturer: | Waukesha Motor Co. Serial No. 416501 (Model XBKH-48A) |
| Internal Combustion Date: | |
| Internal Combustion Size: | 3 3/4" x 4 3/4" |
| Internal Combustion Horsepower: | 22.4 HP |
| Internal Combustion Fuel: | Diesel Oil |
| Internal Combustion Starter: | Anderson Ind. Delco Remy Model 1107902 Serial 7E12 |
| Compressor Maker: | Ingersoll Rand Co. serial No. 4OT-3341 |
| Compressor Seat: | |
| Compressor Machinery: | 5" x 4" 80 cu ft free air per min at 40# pressure |
| Compressor Diameter: | |
| Compressor Stroke: | |
| Compressor RPMs: | |
| Character of Air Inlet: | |
| Kind of Unloader: | |
| Diameter of Delivery Pipe: |
| Air Receiver |
| Number: | 3 tanks |
| Diameter: | 42" |
| Height: | 7' |
| Capacity Cubic Feet: | 67 cu ft. each |
| Pressure in Each: | |
| Make of Reducing Valve: | |
| Remarks: | Ashcroft-Handcock Co., Inc. Bridgeport Conn. type 3192, range 120, serial # 10531 (Chart used #8046) |
| Auxillary Compressors |
| Engine Kind: | Direct Connected Waukesha Oil Engine Water cooled |
| Engine Manufacturer: | Waukesha Motor Co. |
| Engine Serial Number: | 416500 Model XBKH-48A |
| Engine Cylinder Size: | 3 3/4" x 4 3/4" |
| Engine HP: | 22.4 HP |
| Engine Speed (RPM): | |
| Starter: | Anderson ind. Delco Remy Model 1107902 Serial 7E12 |
| Size, Capacity, Receivers: | |
| Remarks: | Diesel Oil Fuel; Magneto American Bosch MJA4B-1102 |
| Compressor Kind: | Air cooled |
| Compressor Maker: | Ingersoll Rand Col |
| Compressor Serial Number: | 4OT-3342 |
| Compressor Cylinder Size: | 5" x 4" |
| Compressor Air Capacity: | 80 cu ft. of free air per min. at 40# pressure |
| Compressor RPMs: |
| Engine Generators |
| Engine Kind: | Direct connected Full diesel 4-cycle |
| Engine Manufacturer: | Fairbanks Morse Co. |
| Engine Serial Number: | Model 36A4.5DE |
| Number of Cylinders (Engine): | 1 |
| Engine Cylinder Size: | 4.5" x 5" |
| Engine HP: | 10 HP |
| Fuel: | Diesel Oil |
| Starter: | Automatic when radiobeacon starts |
| Date Installed: | August, 1937 |
| Generator Kind: | 5 kw 110v DC |
| Generator Maker: | Fairbanks Morse Co. |
| Generator Serial Number: | X59301 |
| Generator Cylinder Size: | (no load 125V |
| Air Capacity: | (Full load 118V |
| Number of Cylinders (Generator): |
| Storage Battery |
| Kind: | Lead - acid - SO-98041 |
| Maufacturer: | Philadelphia Storage Battery Co., PA |
| Number of Cells: | 56PW015 |
| Cells Per Tray: | 14 |
| Capacity: | 214 amp. hr |
| Location: | Battery room basement of tower |
| Date Installed: | June 28, 1932; Fully charged SP. GR. 1225; Charge rate @ finish 11 amps. |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | 2 dwellings, frame, shingled roof & shingled siding. (shingled over siding 1937 & inside of dwellings refinished with composition board winter 1937-38. |
| Coloring: | |
| Construction Materials: | |
| Number of Rooms: | |
| Number of Dwellings: | |
| Heating Plant: | No 1 Ideal Red flash water boiler made by American Radiator Co. Ray Oil Burner Co. Type MM - 1/50 HP 8 amp 110 V gf Serial No. 70621 |
| Number of Keepers: | |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | Boathouse |
| Outhouse Coloring: | |
| Paths and Walks: | |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | |
| Area Cultivated: | |
| Character of Surroundings: | |
| Stove, Maker: | Monarch Malleable Range; Grote Rankin Co., Seattle |
| Stove, Size: | 37" x 27" top 6 - 8" covers No 3836K (2) |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | 20" x 20" (2) |
| Pump, Maker: | Electric, 110V, Delco Electric Co., Dayton OH |
| Pump, Size: | Mod. 7515 Serial # 11127 (2) |
| Lamps: |
| Water |
| How Procured: | From roof of dwelling |
| Quality: | |
| Quantity: | |
| Injury Possible: | |
| Purity Precaution: | Filtered thru double brick wall. |
| Tank Capacity: | Cisterns underground alongside dwellings. 12,000 gal each. |
| Tank Material: | |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | |
| What Power Used: | |
| Distance from Dwelling: |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Inclined tramway with car, hoisting by gasoline engine. Boathouse 26' x 26' at head of inclined tramway, with turntable for diverting boats into boathouse. |
| Distance and Direction: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Shop machines: Foot Lathe 4.5" Swing Makers F&J Barnes Co., Rockford, IL |
| Boats |
| Boat Number: | 89 |
| Type: | Dinghy |
| Length: | 4' 4" |
| Width: | 15' |
| When Built: | 1932 |
| Date Harbored at Station: | 1932 |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: |
| Hoisting Engines |
| Hoisting Engine Kind: | Vertical 4 cycle |
| Engine RPMs: | |
| Engine Diameter: | |
| Engine Stroke: | |
| Engine Boiler: | |
| Engine Maker and Date: | Fairbanks Morse Co. |
| Serial Number: | 135185 |
| Cylinders and Size: | Single cyl. 5 x 4.5 |
| Horsepower: | 4 |
| Fuel: | Gasoline |
| Hoist Starter: | Hand crank |
| Hoist Miscellaneous: | Make & brake ignition. |