Report for Mary Island Lightstation (Alaska) - 1926
| General |
| District: | 17th |
| Inspector: | Compiled from various sources. |
| Location: | On northeasterly part of Mary Island, westerly side of Revillagigedo Channel. |
| Date of Report: | 06/11/1926 |
| Latitude: | 55° 05' 53" |
| Longitude: | 131° 10' 57" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Public land reserved by Executive Order. |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | 01/06/1901 |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | 227.8 acres |
| Area Inclosed: | About 2.5 acres |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 70 feet |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | Board & wire fence. |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Inclined tramway about 500 feet 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 through center of octagonal shaped building 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: | 67 feet |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Heavlly wooded rolling hills. |
| Color of Tower: | White with gray trimmings, black lantern; |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | Paint |
| Tower Connection: | Detached |
| Object of Navigation: | General aid to navigating Revillagigede 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' 0" x 3' 6" |
| Number of Doors: | 3; 2' 8" x 6' 8", 2' 2" x 6' 0", 2' 2" x 6' 6" |
| Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: | |
| Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: | |
| Soil Susceptibility: | |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Tower 52' high from ground to top of lantern. |
| Lantern and Fixtures |
| Order of Lantern: | 4th, Standard |
| Shape of Lantern: | Cylindrical |
| Diameter to Glass: | |
| Diameter in the Clear: | 7' 8" |
| Number of Sides: | |
| Type of Bars: | Helical |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 3' 1.25" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | 1 & 2, alternating. |
| 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 roolers. |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | On 1st floor is work room, fitted with desk. |
| How is Relief Called: | None. |
| Where is Call System Led: |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | |
| Intensity in Candles: | White, 6,000; Red, 1,800 |
| Name of Maker: | Chance Bros & Co. |
| Year Made: | 1902 |
| Marks and Number: | Lighthouse Works, near Birmingham. |
| Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
| Inside Diameter: | 19 11/16" |
| Light Characteristic: | Group Flashing white, 6 sec., 2 flashes, red sector from 149 degrees to 168 degrees |
| Time of Revolution: | |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | Approx. 270 degrees |
| Number of Panels: | 4, Door panel on shore side has a prismatic elements reflecting light through oppsite side. |
| Number of Flash Panels: | None |
| Arc of Each: | |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 7 |
| 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: | Electric flasher. |
| Number of Vertical Elements Panel: | |
| Fixed Lens Covered: | |
| Pedestal: | 4 iron columns with brass casing supporting circular hell plate; cast iron base & intermediate circ |
| Service Table: | None. |
| 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: | 149 degrees to 168 degrees |
| Where Color Attached: | To lantern. |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | 300 watt el. lamp |
| Type of Illuminant: | Electric current |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 2 4th order oil lanmps for emergency use. |
| Number of Spare Burners: | |
| Candle Power: | 385 cp |
| Occulting Light |
| Characteristic: | 1st flash, 0.3 sec. eclipse 0.9 sec. 2nd flash 0.3 sec., eclipse 4.5 sec. |
| Time Limit: | Cycles of 6 seconds or 12 seconds. |
| Eclipse Type: | Electric flasher "Reco" mounted in engine room. |
| Size and Amplitude: | |
| Axis Rotation: | |
| Axis Relation: | |
| Screen Revolution: | |
| Screen Number: | |
| Screen Time: | |
| Screen Form: | |
| Screen Mounting: | |
| Screen Order: | |
| Screen Date: | |
| Valve Maker: | Reynolds El. Col. Chicage. Il. |
| Valve Pattern: | |
| Reliability: | Yes. |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | 2 lockers on 2nd floor fitted with shelves. |
| Oil House Description: | 2 - 40 feet in rear (westerly) of tower. |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 7' 6" x 11' 0" |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Frame covered with galv. iron. |
| Oil House Capacity: | 980 cans each. Has 2 vertical eylindrical galv. iron kerosene oil storage tanks, 220 gas. ea'py each. Kerosene delivered in returrnable iron bbls. |
| Other (Describe): | On 1st floor workroom & battery room. |
| Suitability: |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | 3rd class daboll trumpet. |
| Time to Start: | 11 minutes. |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | 4 to 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 device, 1 spare reed. |
| Timing Device: | Cam wheel; cam wheel shaft geared to main pully shaft. |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | 9 lbs. |
| Height Above Water: | 41 feet |
| Compass Direction: | 74 degrees |
| Location: | In same building. |
| Distance and Direction: | In same building. |
| Water Supply: | Drainage off roof. |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | Same building |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | Octagonal shaped frame building, concrete foundation, with tower for lantern, rising through center of structure. |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: | James P. Marsh & Co., Chicage. 2- 3" gauge valves |
| Internal Combustion Signal |
| Fog Signal Kind: | |
| Internal Combustion Kind: | Mietz & Weiss Oil |
| Internal Combustion Manufacturer: | Mietz & Weiss |
| Internal Combustion Date: | 1902 |
| Internal Combustion Size: | 6" diam cyl. |
| Internal Combustion Horsepower: | 4 |
| Internal Combustion Fuel: | Mineral oil |
| Internal Combustion Starter: | Kerosene torch |
| Compressor Maker: | Clayton Air Comp Co. |
| Compressor Seat: | Same bed, geard |
| Compressor Machinery: | |
| Compressor Diameter: | 6" |
| Compressor Stroke: | 7" |
| Compressor RPMs: | 130 rpm |
| Character of Air Inlet: | 1.75" |
| Kind of Unloader: | Globe valve 1.5" |
| Diameter of Delivery Pipe: | 1.75" |
| Daboll Signal |
| Daboll: | 3rd order |
| Daboll Reed: | |
| Daboll Length: | 12 feet |
| Daboll Breadth: | |
| Daboll Base Thickness: | |
| Daboll Tip Thickness: |
| Air Receiver |
| Number: | 2 |
| Diameter: | 42" |
| Height: | 7' 0" |
| Capacity Cubic Feet: | 67 |
| Pressure in Each: | |
| Make of Reducing Valve: | Not used. |
| Remarks: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | Keeper, 125 feet 225 degrees, Asst. Kpr. 125 ft. 283 degrees |
| Coloring: | White with gray trimings, roof brown. |
| Construction Materials: | Frame with concrete basement. |
| Number of Rooms: | 5 living, 1 bath, 1 pantry, 2 store rooms, 2 closets & 1 tank room. |
| Number of Dwellings: | 2 |
| Heating Plant: | A #202 hot water heater (Perfect) set in each basement. |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 in each dweling. |
| Furnished Quarters: | Keeper & Asst. Keeper. |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | None. |
| Outhouses: | Shed attached to dwelling |
| Outhouse Coloring: | White. |
| Paths and Walks: | Concrete. |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | None. |
| Area Cultivated: | 300 feet |
| Character of Surroundings: | Rocky & marshy, timbered. |
| Stove, Maker: | Monarch Malleable Range. |
| Stove, Size: | 37" x 27" top. |
| Sink, Maker: | |
| Sink, Size: | 20" x 30" |
| Pump, Maker: | Reiss |
| Pump, Size: | 3" hand force. |
| Lamps: | Quarters are all electric. |
| Water |
| How Procured: | From roofs of buildings |
| Quality: | Fair. |
| Quantity: | Yes. |
| Injury Possible: | No. |
| Purity Precaution: | Filtered through soft brick walls. |
| Tank Capacity: | 2 cisterns @ 12,000 gals 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: | Beside dwelling. |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Good. |
| Diseases: | None |
| Prevalency: | |
| Local Causes: | |
| Recommended Improvements: |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | Inclined tramway with car; hoisting by gasoline engine; boat house 26' x 26' at head of tramway, with turntable & tramway leading to dwelling. |
| Distance and Direction: | About 500 feet. NW'ly |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: | Type T |
| Boats |
| Boat #1 | |
| Boat Number: | 7 |
| Type: | Whaleboat, launch |
| Length: | 5' |
| Width: | 23' |
| When Built: | Purchased Oct. 20, 1912 |
| Date Harbored at Station: | Oct. 23, 1912 |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | Yes. |
| Boat #2 | |
| Boat Number: | 11 |
| Type: | Dinghy |
| Length: | 4' 8" |
| Width: | 14' |
| When Built: | Unknown |
| Date Harbored at Station: | 1903 |
| Sails: | True |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Boat #3 | |
| Boat Number: | 25 |
| Type: | Skiff |
| Length: | 4' |
| Width: | 14' |
| When Built: | Unknown |
| Date Harbored at Station: | Feb. 1923 |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | Yes. |
| Power Boat |
| Engine Type: | Outboard, 2 cyl. |
| Horsepower: | 10 HP |
| Engine Maker: | Frisbie Motor Co. |
| Spare Coil: | |
| Magnet: | |
| Battery: | |
| Propeller Diameter: | |
| Propeller Pitch: |
| Hoisting Engines |
| Hoisting Engine Kind: | Geared Gasoline |
| Engine RPMs: | 350 |
| Engine Diameter: | 5" |
| Engine Stroke: | 8" |
| Engine Boiler: | |
| Engine Maker and Date: | Fairbanks, Morse, 1914 |
| Serial Number: | #135185 |
| Cylinders and Size: | |
| Horsepower: | 4 HP |
| Fuel: | Gasoline |
| Hoist Starter: | |
| Hoist Miscellaneous: |
| Miscellaneous |
| General Information: | |
| Boats on Station: | In boathouse |