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:

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Cape Hinchinbrook Light Station - 1913

Fog Signal General

1st Class air siren

15 to 20 minutes

Only a few blasts.

5 sec. blast, 40 sec. silent, 5 sec. blast, 40 sec. silent.

Engine, compressor, blast device & sirens.

Geared to engine by chain drive & belt.

39 lbs.

198 feet

South (180 degrees)

In same building as light, 1st floor, southerly side.

In same building

From cisterns.

In same building.

All machinery; work-rooms, oil fuel, furnace, water tanks & provision rooms contained in 1st floor of 2 story concrete building, the upper floor of which is used for keepers' quarters.

Recording pressure gauge installed May 19, 1912. American Steam Gauge & Valve Mfg. Co., Boston.

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