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[[underlined]] Oct 6th 1866 [[/underlined]] visited Bevertail with I B Weaver assistant in the custom House Silas G Shaw Light Keeper. Third order light Tower leaks Inside wants painting to prevent falling of mortar from between bricks The near funnel wanting throws a beam to the opposite ferry [18 1/2 Feet capacity of air chamber nearly] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[page number in pencil]] 57 [[/page number]] Engine put up in June 1865 No repair up to this time but an addition of a fan blower to the draft - The engine is not well in line The keeper quite handy. The air chamber is 4 feet long 2ft 5 1/2 inches (nearly 30 inches) in diameter Piston 10 inches diam. 8 1/2 inches stroke The kindling for this should be hard wood split fine see several pages over