Fog Signal General

Fog Signal Kind:

Time to start:

How long will pressure last:

Manufacturer:

Year of Manufacture:

Characteristic:

Duplication:

Timing device:

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

Height above water:

Compass direction:

Location:

Distance and direction:

Water supply:

Reached from Lighthouse:

Desc of Fog signal building:

Pressure and recording gauge:

Lighthouse Inspection Reports Database

Ballast Point Light Station - 1933

Fog Signal General

Diaphone, Type C. Bell standby; hand operated.

4 minutes

2 minutes.

Diaphone, 1.5 sec. blast, 13.5 sec. silent. Bell, 1 stroke, 10 sec. silent, 1 stroke, 10 sec. silent.

None.

18 feet

S.E.E.

Warning to navigation at entrance to San Diego Bay.

55 ft. 106 degrees North.

by pipe line from Fort Rosecrans.

Sidewalk from enclosed area around dwelling.

Frame construction same finish as dwelling, lower part of building houses fog signal apparatus, upper part supports bell.

Bristol recording pres.gauge Model (4) 0-80 lbs

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