Fog Signal General

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Timing device:

If whistle, siren or trumpet, Pressure at which blown:

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Ballast Point Light Station - 1907

Fog Signal General

Bell struck by clockwork

5 minutes

made in Boston by Geo. W. Stevens

no date

Bell strikes every 10 sec.

none

To warn vessels against Point & to guide them into harbor.

E 200'

4 cement piers & 4 9" x 9" x 13' timbers well braced with iron rods & bolts, forming a tower for bell.

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