Report for New London Ledge (Connecticut) - 1913
| General |
| District: | 3rd |
| Inspector: | Oscar C. Luther |
| Location: | In 5 fathoms, on W side of SW Ledge, E side of entrance to harbor (Conn) |
| Date of Report: | 07/02/1913 |
| Latitude: | 41° 18' 21" |
| Longitude: | 72° 04' 39" |
| Premises |
| Site: | Submarine Site |
| Date of Reservation: | |
| Date of Deed: | |
| Date of Permission: | |
| Date of Lease: | |
| Area of the Entire Site: | |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Character of Soil: | |
| Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: | 25' |
| Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence: | |
| Wharf or Landing on Premises: | Concrete platform around structure |
| Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance: | |
| Means to Reach Light Station: | By boat |
| 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: | 3 story brick building with tower. |
| Number of Separate Lights: | |
| First Built or Established: | 1909 |
| 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: | 58' 2" |
| Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: | Wooded hills interspersed with dwellings. |
| Color of Tower: | Red |
| Color of Tower/ How Produced: | |
| Tower Connection: | On top |
| Object of Navigation: | Seacoast & channel for general |
| Building Materials: | Brick |
| General Description: | |
| Wall Thickness at Base: | |
| Wall Thickness at Parapet: | |
| Diameter at Base: | |
| Diameter at Parapet: | |
| Kind of Stairway and Steps: | Iron |
| Number of Landings: | |
| Size of Glass: | 12" diam. |
| Number of Windows and Size of Sash: | 4 portlights |
| Number of Doors: | None |
| 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: | Cylindrical |
| Diameter to Glass: | |
| Diameter in the Clear: | |
| Number of Sides: | |
| Type of Bars: | Helical |
| Thickness of Bars: | |
| Height Glazed: | 36" |
| Number of Plates in Height: | One |
| Number of Plates Each Side: | |
| Thickness of Plates: | 1/4" |
| Size of Plates: | 2' 1.08" sq. |
| Number of Storm Panes: | |
| Unglazed Side of Lantern: | All glazed |
| What Bearings: | |
| Construction Material Lantern: | Iron |
| Construction Material Roof / Cowl: | Iron |
| Ventilator / Cowl: | Iron |
| Lightning Spindle: | Copper |
| Description of Lightning Rod: | |
| Balustrade: | Iron single rail |
| Lantern Doors: | Yes, hinged & bolted |
| Floor of Lantern: | Iron |
| Watchroom Doors: | Iron trap in 2 parts with hinges & rings to lift same. |
| Parapet Diameter: |
| Ventilators |
| Location / Number: | Parapet |
| Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: | None |
| Curtain Hooks / Hanger: | Spring rollers |
| Watchroom |
| How is Watchroom Fitted: | Stove & closet |
| How is Relief Called: | Electric alarm clock |
| Where is Call System Led: | To lower hall |
| Illuminating Apparatus |
| Kind of Apparatus: | 9 hours |
| Intensity in Candles: | 14,000 cp |
| Name of Maker: | Henry LePaute |
| Year Made: | |
| Marks and Number: | USLHE 434 |
| Order of Apparatus: | 4th |
| Inside Diameter: | Specially constructed lens |
| Light Characteristic: | |
| Time of Revolution: | 30 sec. |
| Flash Interval: | |
| Duration of Flash: | |
| Arc of Each Fixed Part: | |
| Number of Panels: | 4 |
| Number of Flash Panels: | 4 |
| Arc of Each: | 1 - 180 degrees; 3 - 60 degrees |
| Number of Elements in Central Drum: | 3 |
| Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: | 6 |
| Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: | 4 |
| Does Apparatus Revolve?: | True |
| Is There a Revolving Belt?: | False |
| Revolving Panels: | |
| How Flash is Produced: | |
| Number of Vertical Elements Panel: | |
| Fixed Lens Covered: | |
| Pedestal: | 4 posted reg - 4th order BB |
| Service Table: | |
| Draft Tube Description: | None |
| Revolving Machinery: | |
| Standby and Description: | |
| Chariot Float or Balls: | Ball |
| Chariot Description: | |
| Length of Drop Tube: | 50' 10 diam. |
| Clock Weight: | 240 lbs |
| Length of Winding Time: | 9 hours |
| Drive During Rewind: | No |
| Machinery Protection: | Glass case |
| Regulated: | Fan governor & changing amount of weight |
| Lens Protection: | Zinc |
| How Color is Produced: | Ruby glass |
| Red Sectors Description: | |
| Where Color Attached: | Outside of lantern |
| Form of Colored Glass: | |
| Lamp Description: | 4th IOV type A, 360 cp occulting to 5403 cp |
| Type of Illuminant: | |
| Number of Spare Lamps: | 1 |
| Number of Spare Burners: | 1 |
| Candle Power: |
| Clock Cord Description |
| Revolving Cord: | Cord |
| Size of Clock Cord: | 1/8" |
| Length of Clock Cord: | 130' |
| How Led: | Drops vertically |
| Diameter and Length of Clock Drum: | 5 x 5 |
| Chariot Balls |
| Balls Description: | V grooves |
| Cage to Separate Balls: | False |
| Number of Balls: | 19 |
| Diameter of Balls: | 1/2" |
| Vapor Oil Lamp |
| Number of Wicks or Mantels: | 1 mantle |
| Diameter of Outside Wick: | |
| Diameter of Mantel: | 35 mm |
| Diameter of Circum Circle: |
| Occulting Light |
| Characteristic: | |
| Time Limit: | May be speeded or slowed a few sec. |
| Eclipse Type: | |
| Size and Amplitude: | |
| Axis Rotation: | |
| Axis Relation: | |
| Screen Revolution: | |
| Screen Number: | |
| Screen Time: | |
| Screen Form: | |
| Screen Mounting: | |
| Screen Order: | |
| Screen Date: | |
| Valve Maker: | |
| Valve Pattern: | |
| Reliability: |
| Closets and Store Rooms |
| Tower Closet Use: | Shelves used for lamp supplies |
| Oil House Description: | In cellar |
| Oil House Inside Dimension: | 16 x 14 x 12 |
| Oil House Construction Material: | Bricks |
| Oil House Capacity: | 1792 gal |
| Other (Describe): | Throughout dwelling for storage |
| Suitability: | Suited |
| Fog Signal General |
| Fog Signal Kind: | 1st order siren |
| Time to Start: | 15 min |
| How Long Will Pressure Last: | 20 min |
| Manufacturer: | |
| Year of Manufacture: | |
| Characteristic: | 3 sec blast, 17 sec silent |
| Duplication: | Engines, compressors, automatic clocks & sirens |
| Timing Device: | Crosby clocks |
| If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown: | Siren 35 lbs |
| Height Above Water: | 46' |
| Compass Direction: | SW |
| Location: | |
| Distance and Direction: | 15' S |
| Water Supply: | Cistern |
| Reached from Lighthouse: | Stairs |
| Description of Fog Signal Building: | Signal apparatus in cellar of dwelling |
| Pressure And Recording Gauge: | Yes, in siren room |
| Siren Signal |
| Siren: | Cylindrical |
| Siren Diameter: | 6" |
| Siren Built Date: | 1909 - last renewed in 1915 |
| Siren Manufacturer: | General L.H. Depot |
| Siren Ports: | 20, 5/64"x 2 3/4" |
| Siren Revolutions: | Said to be 3000 |
| Siren Governor: | Weights centrif. friction |
| Siren Condition: | Good. Spare parts are kept at station & renewals installed as required. |
| Internal Combustion Signal |
| Fog Signal Kind: | |
| Internal Combustion Kind: | 4 cycle |
| Internal Combustion Manufacturer: | De La Vergne Machine Co. |
| Internal Combustion Date: | 1909 |
| Internal Combustion Size: | 12 x 16 |
| Internal Combustion Horsepower: | 16 |
| Internal Combustion Fuel: | Mineral oil |
| Internal Combustion Starter: | Heating vaporizer |
| Compressor Maker: | Herring & Bury |
| Compressor Seat: | Same bed geared |
| Compressor Machinery: | 36 to 24; 1.5 to 1 |
| Compressor Diameter: | 10" |
| Compressor Stroke: | 8" |
| Compressor RPMs: | 160 |
| Character of Air Inlet: | 2 3/4" disc |
| Kind of Unloader: | None |
| Diameter of Delivery Pipe: | 2.5" |
| Air Receiver |
| Number: | 2 |
| Diameter: | 3' 6" & 2' 5" |
| Height: | 8' |
| Capacity Cubic Feet: | 76 & 25 |
| Pressure in Each: | 35 lbs |
| Make of Reducing Valve: | None |
| Remarks: |
| Dwelling |
| Location: | Under it |
| Coloring: | Red with white trimmings |
| Construction Materials: | Bricks, stone trimmings |
| Number of Rooms: | 11 |
| Number of Dwellings: | |
| Heating Plant: | Heated by stove |
| Number of Keepers: | 1 keeper, 2 assts. |
| Furnished Quarters: | |
| NOT Furnished Quarters: | |
| Outhouses: | 1 |
| Outhouse Coloring: | Red |
| Paths and Walks: | Concrete deck around building |
| Area Inclosed: | |
| Area of Garden: | |
| Area Timber or Shrubbery: | |
| Cultivation Area Available: | None |
| Area Cultivated: | None |
| Character of Surroundings: | Surrounded by water |
| Stove, Maker: | S. R. Co. Magneto Gerard |
| Stove, Size: | 8-18 |
| Sink, Maker: | No name |
| Sink, Size: | 17 x 33 x 7 |
| Pump, Maker: | Douglass |
| Pump, Size: | #2 |
| Lamps: | 2 Table lamps, 3 tin hand made at General Depot. |
| Water |
| How Procured: | For signal rain from roof, drinking etc., supplied by tender. |
| Quality: | Good |
| Quantity: | Ample |
| Injury Possible: | No |
| Purity Precaution: | Cleaning when necessary |
| Tank Capacity: | 2335 gal for drinking, etc., 8400 gal for fog signal |
| Tank Material: | Cistern - bricks |
| Distilling Apparatus: | False |
| Distilling Manufacturer: | |
| Well Description: | |
| Well Diameter: | |
| Well Lining: | |
| Pump or Bucket: | Pump |
| What Power Used: | Hand power |
| Distance from Dwelling: | In kitchen |
| Healthfulness |
| General Opinion: | Healthy |
| Diseases: | None |
| Prevalency: | No |
| Local Causes: | No |
| Recommended Improvements: | No |
| Miscellaneous |
| Access to Lighthouse: | 4 ladders |
| Distance and Direction: | 1 on each of 4 sides |
| Miscellaneous Remarks: |
| Boats |
| Boat #1 | |
| Boat Number: | 22 |
| Type: | B Brow |
| Length: | 4' |
| Width: | 14' |
| When Built: | |
| Date Harbored at Station: | |
| Sails: | True |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Boat #2 | |
| Boat Number: | 11 |
| Type: | Power |
| Length: | 4-6' |
| Width: | 16' |
| When Built: | |
| Date Harbored at Station: | |
| Sails: | False |
| Suited to Work: | Yes |
| Power Boat |
| Engine Type: | 2 cycle |
| Horsepower: | 2.5 |
| Engine Maker: | Lathrop |
| Spare Coil: | Perfect Spark Coil, make & break |
| Magnet: | None |
| Battery: | Dry, 6" |
| Propeller Diameter: | 16" |
| Propeller Pitch: | 23' |
| Miscellaneous |
| General Information: | |
| Boats on Station: | On davits |