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Full text: 1870 (1870)

90. hilled Slates of America — Maine. 
IScucoit ill Foster's Island %ar- 
rowi• !\arrns;mm:iis. Maine. 
Notice is hereby given, that a Beacon 
consisting of a wrought socket, upholding a 
wooden shaft 25 feet in height, having a. red 
cask at the top. has been placed on half- 
tide ledge, Foster’s Island Narrows, Narra- 
guagus, coast of Maine. 
Not. lo Mar. No. 9a. Washington, Dec. 15, 1869.) 
nortiatlantifiijcr Offen. — ìUrcmigte Staaten. 
«afe tu ber Citine tu?n fteffer’© 
$?arraflii<iaiiö inaine). 
9luf bem Jè>alf * XiCe * ;Kiff in ber tinge Don 
^ofter'è ^élanb ift eine 'Me, beftefjenb auä 
cincin rfufcgeftell, melcbe» einen 21’ beben iBaum 
mit einem rotben £a§ au ^ er 3hi^e trägt, er» 
richtet werben. 
91. liitllr C-ull hlaml liierlitlioiiMe. 
eastern entrance to l.oiiic Island 
§oand. 
Notice is hereby given, that on the evening 
of the 15th December, 1809, and every evening 
thereafter, a second order fixed white light, 
illuminating the entire horizon, will be shown 
from the new tower recently built on Little 
Gull ¡viand: eastern entrance to Long Island 
Sound; and at the same time, the fourth or 
der light now shown will be withdrawn. 
The buildings consist of a gray granite 
tower, surmounted by a lantern, painted black, 
and connected with a keeper's dwelling, of 
red sand-stone, with granite trimmings. 
The dwelling is two stories high, with a 
Mansard roof. 
The buildings stand on a whitewashed 
protecting pier of granite. 
The tower is 74 feet high, and the height 
of focal plane above sea-level 92 feet, con 
sequently the light should be seen from the 
deck of a vessel 15£ nautical miles distant 
The illuminating apparatus is a lens of 
the second order. 
VciichtfcHcr mir Vittlc Wn0 Jelattb, 
an brr öftlicbeu (Pinfiibrt in beit 
Von«> Jolniib .2unb '^icm-'gerf . 
¿eit fern 15. rejember r. V Y brennt auf bent 
fuiilui' neu erbauten Vencbttinirm auf Vittle (Vull 
^bianb ein fefter reetfie# ¡«euer jmetter Crbnunct, 
irelite? über beu .v 1n J c!l iierijent Irucbtet, 92' 
über bem ifieeresfbtegel bed' unb bemnaeb t5', 5ee> 
tueilen ireii iidtbar ifl, ^iei.bjeiri.t ift bar Hebende 
tieiubtfeuer inerter Crbmmg етдедапдеп. 
Гег aus .trauern Wranit erbaute unb eine 
febmarje tlateme tragenbe tfeudUtbumt ift 74 betb 
unb üeht mit einem ilfärtcrbaufe pen retbem 5anb< 
fteiu mit iterjierungen nur (Granit in 4>erbinbun-t. 
riefe Webäube fiebert «ruf einem rveifien 3cbuR. 
bamm reit ©ranit. Гаг ijaus iü ttrei iteef. 
trerFe bedt unb bat ein flianfarbenbacb. 
i'inienaeearat ttreiter Crbmmg. 
v fn üiebeliretter leirb eine Г,impfpfeife 5 ¿e- 
fnnben lang in .ftrifibenräumen ren 25 ¿efunben 
ertenen. 
Tic bis jept .iebrauibli.be ftebelglocfe rerbleibt 
jebe.b netb jur JieferPe für ben ¡rafl, b.ip bie 
'JJiafcbine bes CamPffignals ben 3>tenft Perfagen 
feilte.
	        
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