Report for Blue Hill Bay Light Station (Maine) - 1908

General
District: 1st
Inspector: Lt Col Edw Burr, Engineer 1st Lighthouse Dist.
Location: On Green Island ME westerly side of Blue Hill Bay
Date of Report: 04/25/1908
Latitude: 44° 14' 56"
Longitude: 68° 29' 54"
Premises
Site: Purchase
Date of Reservation:
Date of Deed: 08/06/1855
Date of Permission:
Date of Lease:
Area of the Entire Site: +- 1 acre
Area Inclosed: None
Character of Soil: Loam
Distance of tower from Nearest High-Water Mark: 6 ft
Inclosures to Premises / Type of Fence:
Wharf or Landing on Premises: Boat slip
Road to Land or Wharf Chararacter of and Distance:
Means to Reach Light Station: Boat
Distance to Nearest Road: 1 mile -Public Road - Flyes Point Me
Distance to Post Office: 4 miles to Brookline, ME
Distance to Village: 4 miles to Brookline, ME
Facilities for Public Conveyance: None
Facilities for Private Conveyance: Carriage from Brookline to Flye's Point (3 miles); boat from Flye's Point to station (1 mile)
Means Used for Support of Lantern: Tower
Number of Separate Lights: One
First Built or Established: 1856
Last Rebuilt, Repaired, or Renovated:
Condition at This Date: Good
Shape of Tower in Plan: Circular
Form of Tower: Cylindrical
Height from Base to Ventilator Ball: 29 ft
Height of Focal Plane Above Mean High Water: 22 ft
Background of Lighthouse as Seen from Sea: Shore at Flye's Point
Color of Tower: White
Color of Tower/ How Produced: Whitewash
Tower Connection: Connected by workroom
Object of Navigation: Local navigating purposes
Building Materials: Brick & cement
General Description:
Wall Thickness at Base: 20"
Wall Thickness at Parapet: 20"
Diameter at Base: 8' inside
Diameter at Parapet: 8 ' inside
Kind of Stairway and Steps: Spiral iron
Number of Landings: None
Size of Glass: 10" x 15 1/2"
Number of Windows and Size of Sash: 1- 24" x 34 1/2"
Number of Doors: One
Kind of Foundation and Depth Below Surface: Ledge
Character of Soil Surrounding the Lighthouse: Loam
Soil Susceptibility: Grass
Miscellaneous Remarks:
Lantern and Fixtures
Order of Lantern: 4th order
Shape of Lantern: Polygonal
Diameter to Glass: 5' 10 1/2"
Diameter in the Clear:
Number of Sides: 8
Type of Bars: Vertical
Thickness of Bars:
Height Glazed: 3 ft
Number of Plates in Height: 1
Number of Plates Each Side: 1
Thickness of Plates: 1/4"
Size of Plates: 28" x 36"
Number of Storm Panes: None
Unglazed Side of Lantern:
What Bearings:
Construction Material Lantern: Iron - wood sheathed
Construction Material Roof / Cowl: Cast iron - dome shaped
Ventilator / Cowl: Cast iron
Lightning Spindle: Copper
Description of Lightning Rod: Copper ribbon attached to parapet led down outside tower into ground about 3 ft below surface
Balustrade: Flat steel rails, upper fastened with nuts, lower with staples
Lantern Doors: Steel door with hinges
Floor of Lantern: Cast iron
Watchroom Doors: None
Parapet Diameter: 5' 8" cylindrical
Ventilators
Location / Number: Parapet
Ladders / Cleaning Arrangement: None
Curtain Hooks / Hanger: Screw hooks
Illuminating Apparatus
Kind of Apparatus:
Intensity in Candles:
Name of Maker: Henry Lapaute, Paris
Year Made:
Marks and Number: None
Order of Apparatus: 5 th
Inside Diameter:
Light Characteristic: Fixed white
Time of Revolution:
Flash Interval:
Duration of Flash:
Arc of Each Fixed Part:
Number of Panels: 3
Number of Flash Panels:
Arc of Each:
Number of Elements in Central Drum: 5
Number of Prisms Above Center Drum: 5
Number of Prisms Below Center Drum: 3
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: Cast iron
Service Table: Shelf with drawer in service room
Draft Tube Description: 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:
Red Sectors Description:
Where Color Attached:
Form of Colored Glass:
Lamp Description: Hains - 1 wick
Type of Illuminant:
Number of Spare Lamps: 1
Number of Spare Burners: 1
Candle Power:
Closets and Store Rooms
Tower Closet Use: One in service room fitted with shelves for chimneys & cleaning supplies
Oil House Description: 200 ft north of tower
Oil House Inside Dimension:
Oil House Construction Material: Stone
Oil House Capacity:
Other (Describe):
Suitability:
Fog Signal General
Fog Signal Kind: Fog bell stiking machine
Time to Start: Starts instantly
How Long Will Pressure Last:
Manufacturer: Geo. M. Stevens, Boston, MA
Year of Manufacture: 1900
Characteristic: Bell struck a single and a double blow alternately; intervals 20 sec.
Duplication: None
Timing Device:
If whistle, siren, or trumpet, Pressure at Which Blown:
Height Above Water:
Compass Direction:
Location:
Distance and Direction: 100 ft NE 1/8 N from tower
Water Supply:
Reached from Lighthouse: Path
Description of Fog Signal Building: White pyrarmidal wooden bell tower
Pressure And Recording Gauge:
Bell Signal
Weight: 1000 lbs
Metal: Bell metal
Diameter: 38"
Height: 32"
Time: 5 hours
Manufacturer: Geo. M. Stevens, Boston, MA
Weights for Operation:
Dwelling
Location: Connected by workroom
Coloring: White
Construction Materials: Wood
Number of Rooms: 8
Number of Dwellings:
Heating Plant:
Number of Keepers: 1
Furnished Quarters:
NOT Furnished Quarters:
Outhouses: Barn
Outhouse Coloring: White
Paths and Walks: Plank walk to barn & to boathouse
Area Inclosed: None
Area of Garden: None
Area Timber or Shrubbery: None
Cultivation Area Available: None
Area Cultivated: None
Character of Surroundings: Light loam soil
Stove, Maker:
Stove, Size:
Sink, Maker:
Sink, Size:
Pump, Maker:
Pump, Size:
Lamps:
Water
How Procured: Rain from roof of dwelling
Quality: Good
Quantity: Ample
Injury Possible: No
Purity Precaution: Cisterns cleaned frequently
Tank Capacity: 2000 gals - 2 cisterns in cellar of dwelling
Tank Material: Brick & cement
Distilling Apparatus: False
Distilling Manufacturer:
Well Description:
Well Diameter:
Well Lining:
Pump or Bucket:
What Power Used:
Distance from Dwelling:
Healthfulness
General Opinion: Very healthful
Diseases: None
Prevalency:
Local Causes:
Recommended Improvements:
Miscellaneous
Access to Lighthouse: Wooden boathouse with boat slip plank walk to dwelling
Distance and Direction: 120 ft NW
Miscellaneous Remarks: